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EasyJet raises another £200m
EasyJet has concluded its plan to raise cash from leasing companies after raising a further £203 million from the sale and leaseback of five aircraft.
The deal has strengthened easyJet’s balance sheet with the sale and leaseback of five A321neo aircraft, bringing the total proceeds from leaseback deals to £608 million.
The final transaction was executed with Jin Shan 37 Ireland Company Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of BOCOMM Leasing) for the sale and leaseback of five A321neo aircraft for aggregate cash sales proceeds of $266 million (approximately £203m).
The proceeds of the sale will be used to maximise liquidity and further strengthen easyJet’s financial position.
The net book value of the aircraft, which vary in age from five to nine months of age, was approximately £167 million as at 31 March 2020.
The aircraft will be leased back until each of the aircraft reach 10 years of age. The lease obligations generated amount to a total of approximately £122.3 million.
Following the successful conclusion of this sale and leaseback programme, easyJet has now raised over £2.4 billion since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.
This comprises £400 million from drawing down its Revolving Credit Facility, £600 million from the UK government’s Covid Corporate Financing Facility, £400 million from two term loans, the £608 million in proceeds from the sale and leaseback programme and £419 million of equity issuance.
EasyJet will continue to review its liquidity position on a regular basis and will continue to assess any further funding opportunities.
Lisa
Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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