A viable air transport system for future generations is being put at risk by lack of political will and infrastructure investment, Steven Udvar-Házy said.
Stratos CEO Gary Fitzgerald eyes potential acquisition opportunities as leasing sector consolidation continues, creating a growing role for asset managers.
Steven Udvar-Házy, famous for creating aircraft leasing, has made important moves at the right time twice. In selling ALC, he may have the timing right again.
We will only know in hindsight, but it is very possible that Steven Udvar-Házy has been smarter than everyone else again by selling Air Lease Corporation now.
A group of investors around SMBC Aviation Capital and its parent company agreed to buy Air Lease Corporation, closing in on leasing industry leader AerCap.
China Airlines is securing additional Airbus A350-900s and A321neos to enhance operational flexibility amid delivery delays of new Airbus and Boeing aircraft.
EgyptAir has signed a deal with lessor AerCap to extend its Boeing 777-300ER leases and is refurbishing cabins on some of its Boeing 737-800s and Airbus A330-200s.
A larger version of the A220 has always been firmly planned. But much to the displeasure of key customers, a launch decision keeps moving to the right.
The executive who invented aircraft leasing and built up industry giants International Lease Finance Corp. and Air Lease Corp. plans to step down in 2026.
Aircraft lessors have benefited from rising lease rates, but slow aircraft production expansion and shifting U.S. economic policy are making growth harder.
Leased aircraft now make up more than 51.3% of the global fleet, totaling over 12,000 aircraft, but Air Lease founder Steve Udvar-Házy expects this to settle.
Air Lease founder Steven Udvar-Hazy is concerned his company will not receive the 11 Boeing aircraft scheduled for delivery by year-end, because of the strike.
While lessors have done well with lease rates surging, disrupted supply chains and other issues make normal business, let alone growth, complicated to manage.
