mba | morten beyer & agnew
washington | frankfurt | tokyo | new york
L. Nick Lacey
Chief Operating Officer
tel: +1 703 276 3200
e-mail: nlacey@mba.aero
WASHINGTON, DC (July 18, 2005): On July 14, mba was awarded a four-year contract valued at $1.7million by the Export-Import Bank of the United States. mba will perform airline and aircraft technical due diligence under the bank’s Worldwide Aviation Inspection Services program.
This contract consists of monitoring Ex-Im’s $21.0+ billion portfolio of U.S. manufactured aviation assets, through scheduled inspections of air carriers and their collateralized equipment, along with providing aircraft valuation analysis. mba has been providing these services to Ex-Im , already, for over four years.
“We are pleased to continue our relationship with Ex-Im in this important area of Asset Management. It is through contracts such as this, and the IATA (International Air Transport Association) IOSA (IATA Operational Safety Audit) Program that continue to promote mba as a recognized leader in technical and operational due diligence,” Robert Agnew, President and COO.
mba founded in 1992, is an independent international aviation consulting firm specializing in airline management, marketing, maintenance and operations, regulatory compliance, technical support, asset value appraisal and technical analysis, forecasting of commercial jet transport, and general consulting for the aviation industry. mba publishes, semi-annually, periodicals forecasting aircraft values to 20 years in the future. (Publications/Products: Future Aircraft Values (FAV) – Jet Transport, Regional, and Cargo; The International Aviation Oracle Newsletter, eFAV: the on-line valuation tool). mba has offices in Washington, DC, Paris, Tokyo, and New York.
