DAE Drives Lessor Consolidation With Takeover Of Macquarie AirFinance

Azul ATR 72-600 aircraft

Azul leases 21 ATR 72-600s, the largest number of aircraft leased from Dubai Aerospace Enterprise.

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Consolidation in the aircraft leasing industry is continuing at a rapid pace, now that Dubai Aerospace Enterprise agreed to take over Macquarie AirFinance in a deal worth $7 billion. The latest transaction in a sector that controls more than half the world’s commercial aircraft fleet follows hard on...
Jens Flottau

Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Jens is executive editor and leads Aviation Week Network’s global team of journalists covering commercial aviation.

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