Leasing executives from BBAM, Crestone Air Partners, Dr. Peters Group, Titan Aviation Leasing and World Star Aviation will join Cargo Facts EMEA for the panel discussion “Leasing the future: Investor demand and the flow of capital to support growth in the freighter segment” on Thursday, April 30, at 10:30 (GMT+2).

The eighth annual Cargo Facts EMEA takes place April 28-30 at the Marriott Hotel Grand Place in Brussels, where key market influencers will assemble to share their outlook on the latest developments and market trends in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

View the Cargo Facts EMEA 2026 agenda.

The panelists are:

• Eamonn Forbes, senior vice president and chief commercial officer for Titan Aviation Leasing;
• Marc Iarchy, partner at World Star Aviation;
• John Lynch, SVP and head of freighters for BBAM;
• Christian Mailly, managing director at Dr. Peters Group; and
• Steve Williamson, CCO for Crestone Air Partners.

Forbes, CCO since 2021, has seventeen years of executive management experience in the aviation leasing, legal and finance sectors.

Titan continues to be active in the widebody lease market, launching Titan Aircraft Investments II, a joint venture with private equity firm Bain Capital, in 2025.

In addition to acquiring a pair of A330-300P2Fs on lease to Mexico-based Mas from Airbus through that joint venture, Titan has also placed the first of two ex-Air Belgium, Trent 700-powered A330-200P2Fs (832) on lease to JD Airlines, JD Logistics’ subsidiary carrier. The lessor will soon deliver the second unit (717) to JD.

Iarchy acquired a partnership stake in World Star in 2012. He was a partner at Phoenix Corporate Finance for eighteen years and served as director at Bear Stearns and vice president of Credit Suisse First Boston.

World Star acquired two 737-800BCFs (29788 and 29786) from Aergo Capital in December 2025 and has placed them with West Atlantic. The lessor also delivered two 737-800BDSFs to SolitAir after reaching a lease deal with the United Arab Emirates-based startup in June 2025.

Lynch assumed his position at BBAM in 2011 and has more than thirty-four years of experience in the aviation industry.

SolitAir is also one of BBAM’s customers, with the lessor delivering a 737-800BCF (33567) to the startup in June 2025.

Mailly joined Dr. Peters in 2009. He has more than thirty years of finance and lease experience. The company set up Backbone Freighter Leasing, launch customer for KMC’s 777-300ERCF conversion program, in 2022.

Williamson became CCO of Crestone in June 2025. Prior to joining the lessor as principal and head of trading in July 2022, he was SVP of acquisitions and trading at Contrail Aviation Support.

Crestone expanded its presence in the A321 freighter segment when it added two more A321Fs to its leasing and management portfolio in 2025. The lessor started managing two A321Fs, a passenger A321-200 and an A321-200 in conversion, in the fourth quarter of 2024.

The leasing panel will discuss:

• The latest developments on leasing activities in the freighter market to meet emerging-markets growth in Central Asia, Eastern Europe and Africa;
• Current investor appetite for freighters; who is and is not ordering freighters?; and
• Lease availability across EMEA markets.

Joerg Andriof, chief investment officer for Aircraft Finance Germany, will be the guest moderator.

Cargo Facts EMEA 2026 will take place April 28-30 in Brussels at the Marriott Hotel Grand Place. For more information and to register, visit CargoFactsEvents.com.