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L. Nick Lacey
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

mba successfully remarkets three US Airways Boeing 757-200 Aircraft

WASHINGTON DC: mba successfully placed, for the EPIC Trust, three Boeing 757-200 aircraft currently in operation with US Airways (Registration: N622AU, N623AU and N624AU) with US Lessor, Aircastle.  mba has been a technical advisor to the EPIC Trust and its bondholders for over four years. In this role, mba was tasked to provide technical and financial due diligence of the aircraft and was engaged to remarket the aircraft at the direction of the bondholders.
 
"We are very pleased to have provided the EPIC Trust with a total solution from asset management to financial advisory services and finally to the sale of the aircraft," Robert Agnew, President.

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mba founded in 1992, is an independent international aviation consulting firm specializing in airline management, marketing, maintenance and operations, regulatory compliance, technical support, asset value appraisal and technical analysis, forecasting of commercial jet transport, and general consulting for the aviation industry. mba publishes, semi-annually, periodicals forecasting aircraft values to 20 years in the future. (Publications/Products: Future Aircraft Values (FAV) – Jet Transport, Regional, and Cargo; The International Aviation Oracle Newsletter, eFAV: the on-line valuation tool). mba has offices in Washington, DC, Paris, Tokyo, and New York.