Based at Vallair’s Luxembourg headquarters, Alistair Dibisceglia is the Chief Leasing & Trading Officer (CCO) within Vallair Solutions with responsibility for all commercial activities. Alistair has a PhD in Aerospace Engineering and extensive experience in the airline and aviation leasing sectors with deep metal knowledge, aircraft & engines transaction execution experience and customer relationships all over the world.
He started in the airline business more than 20 years ago as Technical Director (EASA CAMO PostHolder) responsible for the overall RFP process related to all the maintenance contracts under negotiation. Alistair was managing all the Technical, Maintenance, Regulatory and Safety aspects (on-wing and off-wing) of the fleet.
He then joined ILFC/AerCap (one of the largest aircraft leasing companies) as Vice President responsible for negotiating, delivering, returning, managing, inspecting, overseeing and repossessing aircraft worldwide. Alistair was part of the Embraer E-Jets II Acquisition Team and part of the Embraer Maintenance Review Board. Alistair was also involved with the MRO Committee responsible for selecting strategic MRO contracts around the globe. At ILFC/AerCap he worked closely with AeroTurbine on disassembly programmes.
Alistair moved to CastleLake as Vice President - Asset Management with responsibilities for the aircraft portfolio including: deal sourcing, evaluations and technical diligence, managing technical aspects as well as maintenance reserves evaluations. He was also responsible for returns, deliveries and day-to-day oversight of the entire fleet.
At CALC (major leasing company in China) and ARI (first provider of a full-line of used aircraft solutions in Asia), Alistair was SVP & Head of Technical. Based out of Dublin and Hong Kong, he worked with the Board to ensure the smooth development of CALC and ARI’s business in addition to providing support for deal sourcing, evaluations and technical diligence. He managed the development of the first and largest Chinese Disassembly Centre (CADC-ARI) in Harbin, China. Within CALC and ARI he also supervised various acquisitions (e.g. 50 x Boeing MAX and UAM).
He then joined MTU-Leasing as Head of Global Engines Leasing heading the leasing team within MTU-MLS with responsibility for commercial and technical activities all over the world.
Prior to Vallair, Alistair worked with the Italian Government and with Alitalia as Executive Vice President Fleet, Technical Procurement & Logistics. His aim was to restructure all the leasing and MRO agreements and support the sale of the airline, whilst maintaining responsibility for the technical spending of the airline.
SPEAKER SESSION
06 March 2024 | 12:10 - 12:50 | MRO: Leasing Vs Buying- How to Optimise Fleet Management
Explore the state of the leasing market and get an update on the latest facts and figures. The past decade has seen an international trend for increased fleet proportions to be leased rather than owned. However, the Middle East has always been more highly weighted in the owning side of the scale, until recently. Gain insights into whether attitudes in the Middle East are changing towards leasing and what factors are influencing the change. How are operators accessing the trade-offs between leasing and buying? Looking to the future what proportions of fleets in the Middle East will be leased vs owned and what further implications could this have?