Aviation Finance Festival: Asia
23 - 24 September, The Westin Singapore
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Where Asia's aviation finance community connects
Join senior aviation finance decision-makers in Singapore this September for one of the region’s most influential gatherings of airlines, lessors, financiers, investors and asset managers.
Built around independent market intelligence and open discussion, the festival combines expert analysis, candid debate and high-value networking to help you understand where capital is moving, where opportunities are emerging and how the market is evolving across Asia-Pacific and beyond.
Explore an expanded programme covering the Market, the Metal and the Money, from airline credit and aircraft values to financing, investment trends and much more. Alongside keynote and plenary sessions, our signature closed-door Forums, Accelerator and Masterclass programmes provide focused, peer-level discussions on the industry’s most important opportunities and challenges.
Whether you’re originating new business, evaluating investments or managing aviation assets, you’ll leave with stronger connections, clearer market perspective and the intelligence to act first. Any other questions? Please get in touch team@ishkaairfinance.com
KEY TOPICS FOR 2026:
Airline Treasury Under Pressure: Fuel volatility, geopolitical disruption and rising operating costs are placing increasing pressure on airline balance sheets. How are treasury teams managing fuel and FX exposure, and what hedging strategies are airlines using to maintain financial stability in a more uncertain operating environment?
Aviation Funding in 2026: Aviation remains one of the world’s largest real-asset investment opportunities. How can the industry attract new investors from sectors such as shipping, maritime and infrastructure?
Start Your Engines: Reliability issues, rising maintenance costs and constrained MRO capacity continue to disrupt airline operations and leasing strategies. How are airlines and lessors adapting to these pressures, and what do they mean for fleet planning, lease structures and asset performance?
Are Midlife Aircraft Still Investable?:As investors seek higher returns, midlife aircraft are drawing renewed interest. But with fuel volatility, rising MRO costs and engine downtime reshaping asset economics, is this a smart yield play or is the market underpricing long-term risk?
Maintenance as a Strategy:
Rising maintenance costs, limited shop visit slots and constrained MRO capacity are increasingly shaping fleet and asset decisions. How are airlines and lessors adapting, and what does this mean for lease negotiations, aircraft availability and long-term asset performance?
BRAND NEW FOR 2026:
THE ISHKA AIRFINANCE ACCELERATOR
Introducing the Singapore Ishka Airfinance Accelerator, our training programme designed for rising professionals keen to master the fundamentals of aviation finance and aircraft leasing. Hear from experts on topics such as Financing & Capital Markets, Lease Negotiation & Structuring, and join our dedicated mentor networking session to meet other young professionals and industry experts.
KEY PREVIOUS SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
Jo-Ann Tan, Chief Financial Officer, Singapore Airlines
Vissoth Nam, Chief Executive Officer, AirAsia Cambodia
Rohit Tomar, Director Finance & Supply Chain Operations, VietJet Air
Krishnan Narayanan, Partner, Skies Fifty
Chris Turner, MD Head of Capital Markets, Bellinger Asset Management
Chris Gruener, Head of Technical, BOC Aviation
Abhishek Pandey, Global Head of Transportation Finance, Standard Chartered
Selena Ling, Chief Economist & Head, Global Markets Research & Strategy, OCBC
2025 ATTENDEE LIST
Abelo • Acquire Aviation • Acre Capital • Acumen • Aegle Aviation • AerCap • Aerfin • Aergo Capital • Aeronave • AFII • AIP Capital • Air India • Air India Express • AirAsia • AirAsia Cambodia • Airborne Capital • Aircastle • AirFleet Managers • AJW • Altavair • ANZ • AOHI • Aquila Asia Capital Advisory • Arena Aviation Capital • Arisaig Partners • ASAFA • Asia Digital Engineering • Asia Pacific Aviation Consulting Enterprise • Asia Sustainable Aviation Fuel Association (ASAFA) • AV AirFinance • Avation plc • Avia Management Group Asia • Avilease • Avolon • Barons Capital Partners • BBN Airlines Indonesia • Beautech Power Systems • Bellinger Asset Management • Bellinger Aviation • Bethel Chambers • Block Aero • BOC Aviation • BODABODA • CAE Parc Aviation • CALC • CAPA India • Carlyle Aviation Partners • Castlelake • Cathay United Bank • DAE • DAE Capital • Development Bank of Japan • Dragon Aviation Capital • elfc • Embraer • Falko • Fenomenon Aviation Management • FEXCO PACE • FlyOnE • FPG AIM Capital • FPG-AIM • FTAI Aviation • Gallagher Aerospace • Genesis • GOAL Aircraft Leasing • HADID • Hanwha Aviation • HCOB Aviation Capital • HFW • High Ridge Aviation • IATA • INAV LLC an ELFC Company • India Tax • ING Bank N.V. • Jackson Square Aviation • Jet Airways • JP Lease • JSA Singapore • K&L Gates • Killick Aerospace • Kroll • Kuok • KYC Pte Ltd • LXA Leasing • Macquarie Air Finance • Magellan Aviation Group • Magnus Property • Malaysia Airlines • Marsh • Mizuho Marubeni Leasing Corporation • Mori Hamada • MTU Maintenance Lease Services B.V • MUFG • Neste • Nippon Life Asia Pacific (Regional HQ) • Nova Systems • OCBC • Office of the Council of Ministers, Cambodia • Pimco • PK AirFinance • Reetz Private Ltd • Revima • SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES • Santos Dumont • SES • Shannon Technical Services • Singapore Airlines • Singapore Institute of Management • Singapore Investment Consortium IM • Skies Fifty • Sky Leasing • SMBC Aviation Capital • Sobie Aviation • Sojitz Corporation • Spire Flight Solutions • SriLankan Airlines • ST Engineering • Standard Chartered Bank • Startek • Sterling, A Kuehne+Nagel Company • Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd • SUTL • The Korea Development Bank • Titan Aviation Leasing • Transcend Aero Services • TrueNoord • Turkish Airlines • Vedder • VietJet • VMO Air • Vyomax Solutions Pte. Ltd. • Wadia Ghandy and Co. • Watson Farley & Williams • Willis Lease Finance Corporation
ISHKA SINGAPORE 2025 TESTIMONIALS
"The event was a good size and held in an excellent venue location. The invited companies fulfilled my objectives, although I would welcome seeing more airlines included in future editions. Overall, it was a great event that clearly demonstrates Ishka’s growth and strong position in the aviation industry events space. Great people, an excellent atmosphere, well-structured panels, and smooth organisation – only upwards for Ishka. Thank you for the invitation, and I look forward to the next event." — Director - Technical & Business Development, Santos Dumont
"It was a pleasure attending. The event was very well organised, with a curated agenda that provided a deep dive into the unique challenges and opportunities within the Asia-Pacific aviation market. The panels were insightful, featuring knowledgeable speakers who offered actionable insights on everything from financing and pricing to sustainability and risk management. Special thanks to the organisers who were so friendly, intelligent, and very efficient. Also special thanks to Dean for the opportunity to moderate a panel of speakers. Keep up the fantastic work." — CEO, Reetz Pte Ltd
"As always I enjoyed the valuable deeper dive panel discussions and networking experience!" — CEO, Arena Aviation Capital
"Great event." — Technical Services Engineer, SriLankan Airlines
"Ishka's inaugural Asia Festival was a game-changer: superb networking, finance insights, and invaluable connections for Acquire Aviation. Highly recommended." — Senior Partner, Acquire Aviation
"As always, Ishka delivered a good broad cross-section of aviation views to prompt debate and discussion, well done. Looking forward to the next one." — Director, Corporate Finance, Avation Plc
"Great inaugural event and look forward to an even more succesful run next year!" — Head Sustainability Asia-Pacific, IATA
"Great event." — SVP, Kroll
"Great event for overview of aircraft finance issues and networking." — SVP Sales, BOC Aviation
"The team was very hospitable and friendly." — Powerplant Engineer, ELFC
"Wonderful event with good opportunities for networking."
"Great and insightful event, all packed in 1 day at a very nice location!"
Join us in Tokyo in early September
Investing in Aviation: Japan
9 - 10 September, Grand Hyatt Tokyo
With exclusive attendance from Japanese regional banks, this is the only event bringing new and seasoned investors together with the wider domestic and international aviation finance communities to connect, debate and shape future investment strategies.
The Japanese aviation finance landscape is shifting, get the very latest intelligence and data from top industry players, during two essential days of extraordinary content and unrivalled networking opportunities at our 8th annual event, bringing together leading aviation investors and the broader global aviation finance community for an unmissable gathering in Tokyo.
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DEI & Sustainability
Ishka Airfinance is committed to delivering an international portfolio of events which is environmentally sustainable, economically and socially responsible and to play our part to pave the way for diversity, equity and inclusion within aviation finance. As such, we are eager to facilitate and promote diversity of culture, gender, age, orientation and experience at our events both as speakers and delegates.
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