Avolon, the international aircraft leasing company, has released details of its results for the 2020 full year.
Total available liquidity of $6.9 billion at year-end and net debt to equity of 2.3x;
Raised $4.4 billion of debt during 2020 at an average cost of 3.7%;
Post financial year-end, in January 2021, issued $1.5 billion of senior unsecured notes at Avolon’s lowest ever public coupon;
Reduced capital and debt principal commitments in the 2020 to 2024 timeframe by over $9.5 billion;
Reduced near-term debt maturities by $1.4 billion through a tender offer for $723m of notes maturing in 2022 and 2023, as well as the opportunistic buyback of $651 million of Avolon senior unsecured notes maturing between 2021-2026, at a discount to par;
Ended 2020 with $4.7 billion of revolving debt capacity, with maturities from 2024 onwards and an undrawn balance of $4.2 billion;