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AerCap has a portfolio of 3,500 aircraft, engines and helicopters

AerCap to deliver earnings at higher end of guidance

AerCap expects to deliver full-year earnings at the higher end of its guidance as a broadening travel recovery and shortage of new aircraft boosts demand for plane leases and sales, the world's largest aircraft lessor said today.

Business • 02 May 23

Lloyd's of London is among insurers named in many cases, including those taken by the three largest aircraft lessors, AerCap, Avolon and SMBC Aviation Capital

Lloyd's expects insurer deals on planes stuck in Russia

Lloyd's of London expects insurers will eventually reach a settlement with aircraft lessors over claims made over the loss of hundreds of aircraft stuck in Russia, the commercial insurance market's chairman was quoted as saying today.

Business • 26 Apr 23

Aengus Kelly is chief executive of the world's biggest lessor AerCap

No room for gloom at Dublin's Davos for plane lessors

While the prospect of global recession casts a long shadow over the snowy peaks of Davos this week, the mood was mostly sunnier at another gathering of executives - the owners of most of the world's planes - 1,700 kilometres away in Dublin.

Business • 20 Jan 23

Manufacturers were accused of grossly misjudging output

Airlines now struggling with shortage of jets

China's abrupt decision to lift Covid-19 travel curbs could accelerate a global recovery in air traffic - but after widespread staff shortages, the airline industry is now struggling with a shortage of jets, financiers said today.

Business • 16 Jan 23

Dublin head-quartered AerCap is the world's biggest aircraft leasing company

AerCap delivers first of six Airbus planes to Condor

AerCap, the world's biggest aircraft leasing company which is headquartered in Dublin, has today delivered the first of six new Airbus A330-900neo aircraft to German leisure carrier Condor.

Business • 29 Dec 22

AerCap reported net income of $440m for the third quarter of 2022

AerCap raises earnings outlook on growing demand

The world's top aircraft lessor AerCap has today raised its earnings outlook for the year citing robust demand for air travel and growing demand for both new and used aircraft.

Business • 03 Nov 22

In total AerCap's financing transactions totalled $1.4bn during the period

AerCap signs 184 new leases during third quarter

Aircraft leasing giant AerCap signed 184 new lease agreements between July and September, the company has revealed.

Business • 11 Oct 22

Willie Walsh said the target of net zero by 2050 will be achieved by the sector

Move to net zero will be reflected in air fares - Walsh

The move to achieve net zero carbon emissions in aviation by 2050 will be tough, will cost a lot of money and will be reflected in ticket prices, the boss of the International Air Transport Association has said.

Business • 04 Oct 22

Air Europa will become the first Spanish operator of the Boeing 737 MAX plane

AerCap in deal with Air Europa for 15 new Boeings

AerCap, the world's biggest aircraft leasing company which is headquartered in Dublin, has agreed lease deals with Air Europa for the long-term lease of five Boeing 787-9 aircraft and ten Boeing 737-8 MAX aircraft.

Business • 29 Aug 22

AerCap's Q2 revenues up 36% on travel recovery

A strengthening rebound in air travel "across all major regions" boosted second-quarter revenue at AerCap as the world's top aircraft lessor predicted that supply chain issues for planemakers would support leasing demand for years to come.

Business • 11 Aug 22

Boeing is close to restarting 787 deliveries, which have been halted since May 2021

AerCap to buy five more Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners

Irish Aircraft lessor AerCap Holdings has revealed it has agreed to buy five additional Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner jets as the U.S. planemaker nears a resumption of deliveries.

Business • 19 Jul 22

AerCap reported a pretax charge of $2.7 billion due to the Russian situation

AerCap still has over 100 planes stranded in Russia

AerCap, the world's biggest aircraft leasing company which is headquartered in Dublin, has written off $2.7 billion from its earnings as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Business • 17 May 22

Aengus Kelly said he was a big believer in Boeing's 737 MAX

AerCap boss predicts Boeing will "bounce back"

The head of the world's largest aircraft leasing company has thrown his weight behind Boeing and said the jetmaker would overcome a spate of industrial and certification problems.

Business • 09 May 22

Deliveries of the 12 new planes will start next year, Dublin-based AerCap said

AerCap in new lease agreement with ITA Airways

The world's top aircraft lessor, AerCap Holdings, has signed lease agreements for 10 new Airbus A320neo aircraft and two new Airbus A330neo aircraft with Italian state-owned carrier ITA Airways.

Business • 01 Apr 22

AerCap is the world's largest aircraft lessor

AerCap says exposure to Russia 'manageable'

Irish aircraft leasing company AerCap said it had aircraft and engines on lease to Russia with a net book value of $3.1 billion ahead of the invasion of Ukraine, but that its exposure was "manageable."

Business • 31 Mar 22

Avolon has ended all its leases with Russian airlines, but has only managed to repossess four of 14 aircraft

Irish lessors end aircraft leases with Russian airlines

Industry body Aircraft Leasing Ireland (ALI) has said that all of its members have fully complied with EU sanctions requiring them to terminate lease arrangements with Russian based airlines.

Business • 28 Mar 22

There are almost 780 jets leased by Russian airlines, including 515 from foreign lessors

Irish lessors face legal quagmire for Russian aircraft

Russia has published a draft law that could prevent its airlines returning leased aircraft, including some owned by Irish companies, raising the stakes in a showdown with Western finance over $10 billion of jets.

Business • 10 Mar 22

Global bank HSBC has joined a growing list of companies looking to exit Russia

Western firms head for the exit in Russia

Energy giant BP, global bank HSBC and the world's biggest aircraft leasing firm AerCap joined a growing list of companies looking to exit Russia today, as Western sanctions tightened the screws on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine.

Business • 28 Feb 22

AerCap Holdings has the largest exposure to Russia and Ukraine with 152 planes, figures show

Hundreds of Russia plane leases to be terminated

Lessors, including those based in Ireland, are set to terminate hundreds of aircraft leases with Russian airlines following Western sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine that require the contracts be cancelled.

Business • 28 Feb 22

At its pre-pandemic peak, Norwegian Air had more than 160 planes

Norwegian Air leases 10 new Boeing planes from AerCap

Norwegian Air has signed lease agreements with AerCap for ten new Boeing 737-800 MAX 8 aircraft ahead of the European summer season of 2023, the airline said today.

Business • 28 Feb 22

The AerCap-GE deal will reshape a global air finance industry that has in recent years attracted a flood of capital from investors seeking higher returns

AerCap wins unconditional EU approval for GE deal

EU competition regulators have today approved without conditions Irish aircraft leasing company AerCap's $30 billion bid for General Electric's aircraft leasing business, according to a filing on the European Commission website.

Business • 27 Jul 21

Aengus Kelly, the chief executive of AerCap

EU set to clear AerCap's $30 billion GE deal - sources

European competition regulators are set to give unconditional approval to Irish aircraft leasing company AerCap's $30 billion bid for General Electric's aircraft leasing business, three people familiar with the matter said.

Business • 22 Jul 21

AerCap confirms aircraft-leasing business talks with GE

Ireland's AerCap Holdings has today confirmed ongoing discussions with General Electric to acquire its aircraft-leasing business.

Business • 09 Mar 21

Ireland is at risk of becoming a 'flyover country', the boss of Aercap warns

Air traffic volumes halved in first nine months of 2020

Irish and transatlantic air traffic volumes fell by more than half in the first nine months of the year, according to the Irish Aviation Authority.

Business • 12 Oct 20

Aercap

AerCap to deliver earnings at higher end of guidance

Lloyd's expects insurer deals on planes stuck in Russia

No room for gloom at Dublin's Davos for plane lessors

Airlines now struggling with shortage of jets

AerCap delivers first of six Airbus planes to Condor

AerCap raises earnings outlook on growing demand

AerCap signs 184 new leases during third quarter

Move to net zero will be reflected in air fares - Walsh

AerCap in deal with Air Europa for 15 new Boeings

AerCap's Q2 revenues up 36% on travel recovery

AerCap to buy five more Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners

AerCap still has over 100 planes stranded in Russia

AerCap boss predicts Boeing will "bounce back"

AerCap in new lease agreement with ITA Airways

AerCap says exposure to Russia 'manageable'

Irish lessors end aircraft leases with Russian airlines

Irish lessors face legal quagmire for Russian aircraft

Western firms head for the exit in Russia

Hundreds of Russia plane leases to be terminated

Norwegian Air leases 10 new Boeing planes from AerCap

AerCap wins unconditional EU approval for GE deal

EU set to clear AerCap's $30 billion GE deal - sources

AerCap confirms aircraft-leasing business talks with GE

Air traffic volumes halved in first nine months of 2020

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