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FIN42280

Academic Year 2024/2025

Law of Aviation Finance (FIN42280)

Subject:
Finance
College:
Business
School:
Business
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
7.5
Module Coordinator:
Mr Anthony Kennelly
Trimester:
Spring
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

The module is delivered in a lecture based format, covering a variety of topics relevant to the legal framework for the financing of aircraft. The core topics can be broadly broken down into the following areas: introduction to basic legal concepts; leasing and trading aspects; financing structures; legal framework; restructuring / default related elements; airline regulatory; and sanctions and compliance.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

The module aims to give students a strong grounding on the transactional side of leasing and trading aircraft and to provide an orientation around the legal framework involved as well as an overview of related themes including insurance, compliance issues, bankruptcy and environmental matters

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Autonomous Student Learning

126

Lectures

24

Total

150


Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Formal Lectures, tutorials, class discussions, group work

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Group Work Assignment: Group project (40%), involving group submission of shared analysis of a fictitious lease. Week 7 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
40
No
Group Work Assignment: Group Project (10%), consisting of a group presentation on key issues in negotiating a given fictitious operating lease.
Week 9 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
10
No
Individual Project: Individual Project (50%) - Analysis of a case study concerning an aircraft lease.
Week 14 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
50
No

Carry forward of passed components
No
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Summer No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Peer review activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Name Role
Ms Min Cao Lecturer / Co-Lecturer

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
Spring Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 20, 21, 23, 30, 31, 33 Fri 09:00 - 10:50
Spring Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 22 Fri 09:00 - 10:50
Spring Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 20, 21, 23, 30, 31, 33 Fri 12:00 - 13:50
Spring Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 24, 25, 26, 29 Mon 15:00 - 16:50
Spring Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 24, 25, 26, 29 Mon 17:00 - 18:50