Atalaya Capital Management and GOAL German Operating Aircraft Leasing have announced the start of a joint venture with the aim to acquire core and opportunistic aircraft transactions relying on the capital sourcing capability of Atalaya and GOAL’s aircraft leasing track record. As a first transaction for the joint venture, GOAL structured a sale and lease back including PDP financing for two Airbus A320neo and one A321neo with the Chilean carrier JetSMART. “We are very enthusiastic about our partnership with the GOAL team,” said Daniel Rosato, Managing Director at Atalaya. We believe the GOAL platform provides us with proprietary access to aviation opportunities