The airline industry is complex, with many different providers working together to ensure the smooth movement of passengers, planes, and goods across the globe. Every airline requires a fleet of airplanes—each worth tens of millions of dollars—as a necessary component of day-to-day operations. Goshawk, as an aircraft-leasing company, helps airlines reduce the capital burden of acquiring those assets.

"Consider a bank that is lending an airline $50 million to buy an aircraft," says Damian Howley, head of treasury for Goshawk. "That creates a $50 million exposure to that one company and one aircraft, and the interest charges imposed are going to reflect that risk. Alternatively, if a leasing company like Goshawk borrows $50 million, the bank's credit exposure is diversified across a range of airlines and aircraft around the world. There are exceptions, but typically this risk diversification allows Goshawk to raise debt at a lower cost than most airlines, so we can offer them attractive financing on the aircraft they need."