Travis Renna

Travis Renna represents clients on a variety of aviation transactions, including aircraft interiors procurement, engine purchasing, leasing, and customer loyalty, but primarily focuses on airframe and engine maintenance. His extensive maintenance experience includes negotiating agreements involving engines, airframe heavy maintenance, line and on-call maintenance, wheels and brakes, landing gear, and other components of an aircraft.

Travis works closely with in-house counsel and business personnel to advise them on complex transactions involving prominent vendors in the aviation industry. He utilizes his experience and skillset to anticipate client needs and resolve problems that may arise during the negotiation process to ensure that there are no interruptions to the client’s operational needs.

He also has experience representing clients in bankruptcy and restructuring matters, both on the creditor and debtor side.

Travis is a contributing writer for Winstead’s Airlines Blog.

Representative Experience

Airframe, Engine, & Component Maintenance and Purchasing

• Represented a global airline in the negotiation of an engine maintenance agreement pertaining to PW1100 engines with International Aero Engines
• Represented a global airline in the negotiation of an engine purchase agreement pertaining to PW1100 engines with International Aero Engines
• Represented a global airline in the negotiation of an engine maintenance agreement pertaining to CFM56-7B engines with GE Engine Services
• Represented a global airline in the negotiation of an engine maintenance agreement pertaining to V2500 engines with MTU Maintenance Hannover
• Represented a regional airline in the negotiation of an engine maintenance agreement pertaining to CF34 engines with GE Engine Services
• Represented a regional airline in the negotiation of a landing gear maintenance agreement pertaining to CRJ-700 and CRJ-900 aircraft with Professional Aircraft Accessories
• Represented regional airlines in the negotiation of heavy maintenance agreements pertaining to CRJ-700 and CRJ-900 aircraft
• Represented a regional airline in connection with a heavy maintenance agreement pertaining to CRJ-700 and CRJ-900 aircraft with MHI RJ Aviation
• Represented airlines in the negotiation of various line maintenance and on-call maintenance agreements, including providing support to set up a nationwide network of line and on-call maintenance vendors

Interiors Procurement

• Represented a global airline in the negotiation of a business class seating purchase agreement with Adient Aerospace for line-fit installation on B787 aircraft
• Represented a global airline in the negotiation of seating purchase agreements with Collins Aerospace for line-fit installation
• Represented global and regional airlines in the purchase of various interiors equipment for both line-fit and retro-fit, including seats, dividers, galleys, overhead bins, crew rests, and in-seat power kits

Previous Experience

• Represented a large retail store debtor during its Chapter 11 bankruptcy, including drafting and filing various motions and its bankruptcy reorganization plan
• Represented multiple lenders, both in court and out of court, in connection with debtors in default, including drafting forbearance agreements and reservation of rights agreements