Thirty five Fokker-owned aircraft will be transferred to newly formed leasing company debis Air Finance this month, to try to strengthen the Dutch manufacturer's balance sheet. The transfer involves 18 Fokker 100s, 15 Fokker 50s and two F28s. The main shareholder is debis, a division of Daimler-Benz, with 35% stake, while Fokker parent Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA), holds 10%. The German Commerzbank, Dresdner Bank and BLB Beteiligungs-gesellschaft Beta each have a 15% interest, and the Dutch Rabo Merchant Bank has 10%. The shareholders are injecting NLG500 million ($318 million) into the venture, and a further NLG250 million has been secured in the form of loans, one from subcontractor Short Brothers of Northern Ireland. Discussions on the transfer of the remaining aircraft are due in early 1996.
Source: Flight International
