China Airfinance Conference

15th & 16th March 2005, The Kerry Center, Beijing, China


Day One - Tuesday, 15th March 2005

08.30 Registration and coffee

09.00 Opening remarks from the Chairman
Anup Mysoor, Regional Head, Global Aviation, Citigroup

09.15 CAAC keynote address: Liberalisation of China aviation
Yuan Yaohui, Director General, Policy, General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC)

09.45 The FAA-CAAC partnership: Effective safety oversight in a time of rapid growth
  • The role of governmental safety regulators
  • The origins, history, and future direction of FAA-CAAC cooperation
  • Enhancements in the CAAC system of safety oversight
Ma Tao, Deputy Director General of Flight Standards Department
General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC)

Michael Daniel, Manager, International Programs and Policy Division,
Federal Aviation Administration Flight Standards Service (FAA)

10.30 Coffee and networking sponsored by Engine Leasing Finance Corporation

11.00 Forecasts for China aviation aircrafts
  • Large aircraft vs. point-to-point
  • The China challenge
  • Forecasts
Randy Tinseth, Director, Product and Services Marketing, Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Laurence Barron, President, Airbus China


11.45 Chinese low cost carriers
Wang Zhen Hua, Chairman, Spring Airlines

12.30 Lunch
Lunch sponsored by The Royal Bank of Scotland

13.45 Panel: Export credit returns
  • How much capacity is there?
  • Trends in Export Credit and Aircraft Finance
John Youd, Business Manager - Airbus, ECGD
Edward Ciampa, Senior Loan Officer, Export-Import Bank of the United States
Beatrice Tuffrau, Assistant Director, Airbus Medium and Long Term Department, Coface
Christian Bruegmann, Deputy Head of Aircraft Financing Division, Euler Hermes Kreditversicherungs-AG
Marc Murcia, Head of Aerospace, Defence and Shipping Unit, Treasury and Economic Policy Department, Ministry of Economics, Finance and Industry of France

14.45 Export credit returns - China Eastern case study
Hallam Chow, Partner, White & Case
Luo Wei De, CFO, China Eastern
Eric Eugene, Global Head, Aviation Finance Group, BNP Paribas

15.30 Coffee and networking sponsored by Engine Leasing Finance Corporation

16.00 How to use capital market to fund the huge delivery programme in China
Gregory Lee, Managing Director, Global Structured Bonds, Citigroup
William Ho, Partner, Allen & Overy

16.30 Legal issues in using debt capital markets financing
Young Joon Kim, Partner, Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
Alvin Leong, Partner, Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy


17.00 Chairman's wrap-up for Day One followed by drink reception sponsored by GECAS

Day Two: Wednesday, 16th March 2005

08.30 Registration and coffee

09.00 Opening remarks from the Chairman
Anup Mysoor, Regional Head, Global Aviation, Citigroup

09.15 Engine leasing in China
  • How does it work in China?
  • The benefits
  • Value of an engine
  • Unlocking the value in engine Assets
  • Case study
Jon Sharp, President and Chief Executive, Engine Lease Finance Corporation

09.45 Case study on engine finance in China
  • Case study: China Eastern
Jeanette Pinard, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, GECAS - Engine Leasing
Robert Papas, Vice President, Marketing, GECAS - Engine Leasing

10.30 Coffee and networking sponsored by Engine Leasing Finance Corporation

11.00 Panel: Leasing of commercial aircraft
  • Which aircraft are most popular
  • Lease rates
  • How lessors see Chinese airlines
  • The importance of aircraft leasing to the airline industry
  • Airlines and the buy or lease decision
Bill Cumberlidge, Head of Aviation Asset Management, ALLCO Finance Group
Andre Cohen, Independent Board Director, Singapore Aircraft Leasing
Enterprise and Senior Adviser- Transportation, Standard Chartered Bank
Ian Reid, Senior Vice President, Aviation Capital, The Royal Bank of Scotland

11.45 Panel: Japanese operating leases for Chinese airlines
  • Structural considerations
  • How much equity is available
  • Finding debt
  • Case study - China Southern
Johnny Lau, Vice President, Global Aviation, Citigroup
Alain Chrun, Managing Director, Head of Asian Aviation Group, Calyon Corporate and Investment Bank
William Ho, Partner, Allen & Overy

12.30 Lunch

14.00 China freight forecast
  • Freight forecast
  • Key routes: China-Europe and trans Pacific
  • The freighter fleet
Thomas Hoang, Regional Director, Cargo Marketing, Boeing Commercial Airplanes

14.40 Legal issues for foreign lenders
  • Ownership rights
  • How easy is repossession?
  • Cape Town
Yi Liu, Partner, Zheng, Liu, Yuan & Zhou Law Office

15.30 Coffee and networking sponsored by Engine Leasing Finance Corporation

16.00 Joint Venture cargo airlines in China
Chen Hongwei, Finance General Manager, Air China Cargo

16.45 Opportunities for freight in China
H K Woo, General Manager of Finance, HAECO

17.15 Chairman's wrap-up for Day Two and close of conference