Ishka Aviation Investival: North America
20 October 2026, Convene 555 Broadway NYC
Your runway to the capital markets
We're back in NYC for our 9th annual signature event, the premium forum for US institutional investors to meet and engage with the most senior minds in aviation finance. Ishka brings together key players to network and discuss the latest developments, challenges, and opportunities in the influential North American market and delivers critical strategic intelligence for investors looking to stay ahead of the curve when evaluating new deals.
Delivering so much more than regular industry conferences, Ishka | Airfinance Global’s flagship capital markets focussed event offers an innovative agenda and world-class content delivered by our all-star speaker lineup alongside a wealth of networking opportunities, to facilitate those all-important new business relationships.
Interested in finding out more? Contact team@ishkaglobal.com.
Deals of the Year – Winner Reveal
Here to recognise the most groundbreaking transactions across global aviation finance, where the winners will be announced at our NYC event on 20 October.
These highly anticipated awards recognise excellence across a wide spectrum of deal activity, including aircraft leasing, structured and portfolio financings, capital markets issuances, and sustainability-linked transactions. Each shortlisted deal has been selected for its innovation, complexity, and impact on the market - showcasing how industry leaders are navigating today’s evolving financial and regulatory landscape.
In this short video, Laura Mueller and Dickon Harris announce the return of the industry’s longest-standing and most prestigious awards programme following the merger of Ishka and Airfinance Global.
View the full shortlist and Ishka Insight report here >>>
Contact jamesw@ishkaglobal.com for more information
2025 ATTENDEE LIST
400 Capital Management • A&L Goodbody LLP • AB CarVal • Aerfin • Aergo Capital • Aerlytix • AerOlex Advisors, LLC • AFG • AFIC - Aircraft Finance Insurance Consortium • AIP Capital • Air Funding • Air T • Airborne Capital • Aircastle Advisors • Airfinance Global • Airwheel Investments • Allegiant Air • Altavair • Alvarez and Marshal • Amedeo • Apollo • Apollo/PK Air Finance • Apple Bank • Arena Aviation Capital • Astatine Investment Partners • Atalaya Capital • Atlas Air • ATSG Inc. • AV Airfinance • Avation PLC • Avelo Air • Aventus • Aventus Air Leasing • Avi8air • Avian • Aviator Capital Management, LLC • Avionix • Avmax Aviation Services Inc. • Avolon • AXA Investment Managers • AXA XL • Azorra Aviation • Banc of California • Barings • BBAM • BC Partners • Bloomberg • BMO Capital Markets • BNP Paribas • Brickell Asset Management • Brookfield Asset Management • Caixa Bank • Carey Olsen • Carlyle Aviation Partners • Castlelake • Chishima Aviation Management • Cloud Investment Partners • Colbeck Capital Management • Coopman • Cornerstone Group • Credit Agricole • Credit Industriel ET Commercial • Crestone Air Partners • DealVector, Inc. • Deloitte • Delta • Dentons • Derivative Path • Deucalion • Deutsche Bank • Dunas Capital • East Merchant Capital • ELFC • Embraer • ERA Partners • Evercore • EY • Falko • FEXCO PACE • Flair Airlines • Fly Frontier • Fly Porter • Focus Wealth Management • FPG Amentum • FTAI Aviation • Fuyo Lease Group • GA Telesis • Ganado • Garston Capital Partners • GCM Grosvenor • Genesis • Gibson Dunn • Global Capital • Global Crossing Airlines • GOAL Aircraft Leasing • Goldman Sachs • Graham Capital • Grant Thornton Ireland • Great Harbour Capital • Greter Fort Lauderdale Alliance • Griffin • Growth Advisory and Capital • Gryphon Leasing • Halcyon Aviation Capital • Hanserd Holding, LLC • Hanwha Aviation • HCOB Aviation Capital • High Ridge Aviation • Holland & Knight • Horizon Executive Search Int’l Ltd • HPS Investment Partners, LLC • Hunsbury Capital • Insight Investment • Itasca MGA • ITE Management • Its Aero • Jackson square aviation • JetBlue • Jetcraft Commercial • JP Morgan • K&L Gates LLP • K2 Aviation • KIG Holdings • KKR • KP Aviation • KPMG • KPMG Law • Kroll • La Mar Assets • Lazard • Leki Aviation • LR Air Finance • LuminArx Capital Management • LXA Leasing • Maples • MAPLESGROUP • MBA Aviation • Merit Airfinance • MGG Investment Group LP • MUFG • Natixis • Natixis CIB • Oaktree Capital • Ogier Global • ORIX Aviation • PACE • PAFS Ireland Ltd • PIMCO • PK AirFinance • Platinum Equity • PRAGUSA.ONE • Pratt & Whitney • PwC • Reed Smith • Regional One • Reverence Capital • Rolls Royce & Partners Finance • Seldon Partners • SKY Leasing • SkyWorks Holdings, LLC • SLC Management • SMBC • SMBC Bank • Societe Generale • Standard Chartered • Station Street Advisory • Strategic Value Partners • Stratos • Stratton Aviation • Sun Country Airlines • The Hartford Insurance Group • Titan Aviation Leasing • TMS Aero LLC • Tolis Advisors LP • True Aero • TrueNoord • Unical • United • Vedder • Vinson & Elkins • Vistra • Vmo Aircraft Leasing • Volofin • Wafra • Wafra Inc. • Walkers • Warburg Pincus • Watson Farley & Williams LLP • Werner Aero • Wexford • White & Case LLP • Wolf Holding
DEI & Sustainability
Ishka is committed to deliver 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.
Contact
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