Comment / Under the radar: Atlas Air looks to expand funding tools in the war economy

At a time when even Sir Richard Branson is pleading for state aid for his airlines, and has offered up his private island in the Caribbean as collateral on loans, freighter operator Atlas Air is trying to pull out all the stops in terms of new funding via a deal structured as a “mixed shelf”.

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