The Carlyle Group and RPK Capital Management will partner to invest $600m in equity on global commercial aviation assets including aircraft, engines, and related securities and loans.
The new partnership, RPK Capital Partners, is expected to purchase over $1bn in aviation assets with equity from Carlyle Partners V, Carlyle Strategic Partners II, RPK principals and other investors.
Carlyle managing director Adam Palmer said the new partnership married Carlyle’s global footprint and decades of aerospace experience with RPK’s ability to create value in complex situations in the commercial aircraft sector at this opportune time.
RPK co-founder and managing partner James Raff said that there was a significant need for capital and expertise in the commercial aviation investment sector at this time.
“This new partnership will provide creative fleet solutions and liquidity to airlines, lessors, financial institutions and other non-traditional owners of aviation assets worldwide,” he said.
The Carlyle Group is a global private equity firm, and RPK is an integrated aircraft leasing and investment company.
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