Air Lease To Be Bought By Investor Group Around SMBC Aviation Capital

Jens Flottau September 02, 2025
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A group of investors around SMBC Aviation Capital and its parent company has agreed to buy Air Lease Corp. (ALC), the company set up by industry veteran Steven Udvar-Házy in 2010, narrowing the gap to the leasing industry’s leading firm AerCap. The group consists of Sumitomo Corporation, one of SMBC...
Jens Flottau

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