Hyperion Aviation—an aviation services provider with experience in widebody commercial fleet financing—has launched Hyperion Aero Capital, an aircraft funding platform to focus on the underserved leased business jet and long-term cargo leasing markets.
"The lease financing market is well established for commercial aviation and represents some of the brightest minds in aviation financing who have over the years left the banking sector,” said Hyperion Aviation managing director Eric Weisskopf. “The gap in financing for cargo and business jets is often unfulfilled because of the smaller number of aircraft which tend to be second hand.”
Despite that, he believes that such aircraft represent insurable, secured assets with predictable depreciation and servicing costs, which, when combined with quality lessors, can attract dedicated pools of lending capital.
The company also noted that a volatile stock market, high inflation, rising interest rates, and geopolitical tensions have impacted the global finance market, leading to an interest in alternative investments such as aircraft.
“Investors will be able to access a secure, insurable, real economy asset which will provide above market returns without the volatility associated with the current market,” stated Hyperion Aero Capital founder Scott Levy, adding “lessors will find a dedicated team and a single point of contact for financing assets which mainstream banks find difficult to finance.”