Air Lease completed long-term lease placements for two used Airbus A320-200 aircraft with Qanot Sharq Airlines (Uzbekistan). The aircraft are scheduled to be delivered this March. This will be the first two aircraft in the fleet of the Uzbekistan-based startup airline. read more

FEB 17, 2021 - 6:29 am

Air Lease reported that it delivered 10 new aircraft from its order book and purchased and leased back 14 aircraft in Q4/20. Air Lease’s aircraft investments in the quarter totaled approximately $1.1 billion. read more

JAN 13, 2021 - 6:53 am

JetBlue took delivery of its first Airbus A220-300 aircraft. It is the first of 70 A220 aircraft JetBlue has on order, which will be phased in to ultimately replace JetBlue's existing fleet of 60 Embraer 190 aircraft. read more

JAN 4, 2021 - 6:52 am

According to a report from global aviation data firm Cirium, in comparison with last year, airline passenger traffic is estimated to be down 67% in 2020. In addition, Cirium predicted that aircraft leasing will push past 50% in 2021, becoming the major manner in which aircraft are financed. read more

DEC 29, 2020 - 7:25 am

Air Lease delivered one new Airbus A320-200neo aircraft on long-term lease to Peach Aviation Limited (Japan). This aircraft, featuring CFM International LEAP-1A engines, is the first of two new A320-200neo aircraft delivering this December from Air Lease’s order book with Airbus. read more

DEC 28, 2020 - 6:12 am

Air Lease entered a long-term lease agreement for one new Airbus A321-200neo aircraft with Pegasus Airlines in Turkey. Pegasus Airlines also confirmed to sell four young Boeing 737-800 aircraft to Air Lease as part of a sale-leaseback transaction. read more

DEC 23, 2020 - 6:38 am

CDB Aviation entered a new partnership with Germany-based EFW GmbH to conduct the passenger-to-freighter conversion of two Airbus A330-300 aircraft in 2021, which will be available for lease to airline customers beginning in early 2022. read more

NOV 24, 2020 - 7:00 am

Air Lease delivered one new Airbus A321-200neo LR aircraft on long-term lease to Titan Airways in the United Kingdom. This aircraft is the first of two A321-200neo LRs confirmed to deliver to the British carrier from Air Lease’s order book with Airbus. read more

OCT 29, 2020 - 7:04 am

CDB Aviation, a wholly-owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing, extended its relationship with Wizz Air with an additional sale and leaseback transaction for a batch of six Airbus A321neo aircraft. read more

OCT 12, 2020 - 7:10 am

Development Bank of Japan, Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Company and Fuyo General Lease entered into an agreement to invest in Airbus Ventures Fund III LP, a venture capital fund newly launched by Airbus Ventures, the venture investment arm of Airbus. read more

AUG 14, 2020 - 7:08 am

AerCap delivered two new A321LRs on operating lease to Air Transat, which operated the world's first A321LR delivery flight from the Airbus facility in Hamburg to Montreal, using a blend of sustainable aviation fuel. read more

JUL 20, 2020 - 6:30 am

Apollo Global Management and Merx Aviation, a global aircraft leasing, management and finance company, completed a sale and leaseback transaction with Delta Air Lines for 10 Airbus A220-100 aircraft. read more

JUL 6, 2020 - 6:47 am

CDB Aviation and SAS finalized a transaction for a fleet of four Airbus aircraft, including three A320neos and one A350-900. read more

JUL 1, 2020 - 6:22 am

The increase in decommissioned commercial aircraft and crowded boneyards prompted Sven Daniel Koechler to invest in repurposing planes in the recycling phase. read more

JUN 23, 2020 - 6:33 am

Bloomberg reported that Airbus has surpassed Boeing in deliveries but cannot manufacture planes fast enough to keep up with its backlog. read more

FEB 14, 2020 - 6:40 am