London, September 05, 2022 – Falko Regional Aircraft Limited (“Falko”), a market leading aircraft asset management company focused on the regional aircraft sector, has established a dedicated team to manage and grow its aircraft trading activities.  The team will focus on nurturing its’ relationships with aircraft lessors and financial buyers to further deepen the secondary market for regional aircraft.

The team will be led by Kenton Walsh as Head of Trading, who has been with Falko in various senior commercial and origination roles since the inception of the Falko business in 2011. Marcus Rowley will also transfer to the team as Vice President, Trading bringing substantial additional experience to the team.

“With the growth of the Falko business, particularly following the merger of the leasing businesses of Falko and Chorus, our fleet size now requires dedicated focus on our aircraft trading activities.” said Mark Hughes, Chief Commercial Officer at Falko. “Falko continues to develop and invest in the regional aircraft segment and, as the Covid crisis has shown, this focused strategy has proven to suit airlines as they right size their fleets to adjust to a changing operating environment. Kenton and his team, will be building on our many excellent lessor and trading relationships as well as developing new partnerships with financial investors in this specialised sector.”