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11 September 2009

Although PDP financing has dropped by around 80% since last year, ECAs are cautious about financing them.

Read more: ECA export credit agency Ex-Im Bank ECGD Bob Morin PDPs pre-delviery payments

Last year at the Latin America Airfinance Conference an airline executive asked an export credit agency panel if the agencies would finance predelivery payments (PDP). One year on it is looking unlikely that there will be a solution soon.

Paul Walsh, business manager, aerospace, Export Credit Guarantees Department, said today at this year's Latin America Airfinance conference, that guaranteeing PDP payments is a different risk.

The question is whether or not the agencies should take on the risk of this kind of financing or rather give comfort to...


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