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How do we choose Airfinance Journal's Deal of the Year Awards

06 March 2009

With the 2008 winners about to be announced, how do we chose the Airfinance Journal Deal of the Year Awards?

Read more: [2007 Awards] [2006 Awards]

How do we decide the awards?
Airfinance Journal has chosen Deal of the Year Awards for over 15 years. The Awards recognise significant and groundbreaking transactions that have tested participants and raised efficient funding for the borrower.

We recognise the contribution of all participants in the deal, borrowers, lenders, investors, legal advisers and anyone else. If we have missed your institution from any write-ups please let us know and will update them.

At the end of 2008 we received nominations from airlines, lessors, banks, law firms and other participants. Some were...


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We weren’t totally surprised that there was more appetite there, but you never know until you get through the deal.

Scott Topping, treasurer, Southwest Airlines on 2008s North America Deal of the Year