Financial

TransDigm Group announced that it acquired the assets of GE Aviation’s Electromechanical Actuation Division for approximately $150m in cash on June 28, 2013. The business, which will be conducted by TransDigm through a new entity, Whippany Actuation Systems, (Whippany), located in Whippany, New Jersey, manufactures proprietary, highly engineered aerospace electromechanical motion control subsystems for civil

Air Lease Corporation executed an amendment to its Bank Warehouse Facility. This facility, as amended, provides ALC with financing of up to $1bn. ALC is able to draw on the amended facility during an availability period that was extended to June 2015 with a subsequent 4 year term out option. The interest rate on the

Delta acquired a 49% stake in Sir Richard Branson’s airline Virgin Atlantic – marking the next step towards a full joint venture between the two carriers. Virgin Atlantic will place its code on 91 Delta routes, including both trans-Atlantic and domestic U.S. routes. Delta will place its code on 17 Virgin Atlantic routes, including the

Aviation Finance Corp. (AFC) and Natixis have completed the first ever multi tranche debt capital market $263m Pre-Delivery Payment (PDP) financing for 8 Airbus A330 aircraft to Synergy Group, majority owner of Avianca a leading Latin America airline conglomerate. Airbus will deliver eight A330-200s to the airlines. The aircraft will operate in the groups’ expanding

Aircastle has entered into a definitive agreement with Marubeni Corporation (“Marubeni”) providing for the issuance of approximately 15.25% of the Company’s common shares, after giving effect to the issuance, at a price of $17.00 per share, for gross proceeds of approximately $209m. The closing of the issuance is expected to occur during the second or

TransDigm Group Incorporated reported the successful completion of the cash tender offer by TransDigm’s indirect wholly owned subsidiary, Buccaneer Acquisition Sub Inc. (“Purchaser”), for all of the outstanding shares of Aerosonic common stock for $7.75 per Share in cash, without interest and less any applicable withholding taxes. The Offer expired at 12:00 midnight, New York

HEICO Corporation announced that its Flight Support Group completed its planned acquisition of Reinhold Industries from certain affiliates of The Jordan Company, L.P. HEICO stated that it expects the purchase to be accretive to its earnings per share in the first twelve months following the closing. HEICO further reiterated that Reinhold’s management is remaining with

MB Aerospace, the international aerospace engineering group, announced the acquisition of US-based aero-engine component manufacturing business Delta Industries, which had annual revenues in excess of $60m in 2012. The multi-million dollar deal to acquire Delta, based in Hartford, Connecticut, will expand the MB Aerospace business to projected revenues of more than $160m (£100m) and to