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The world’s biggest lessor, AerCap, is concerned about the reliability of the latest generation of engines. Powerplants need to be removed from the wing for maintenance, repair, and overhaul much sooner than expected. In the current environment of supply chain...

Air Lease Corporation announced its second quarter 2022 results today, with revenues up 13.4% and pre-tax income up 26.4% over 2021. The write-off of the Russian fleet in the first quarter in the wake of US imposed economic sanctions during the Ukraine war amounting...

Lessor SMBC Aviation Capital  has taken an $1.6 billion impairment on 34 of its aircraft that are still in Russia, it reported on July 8. This makes SMBC’s loss on Russia one of the largest of all lessors. SMBC takes $1.6 billion impairment on Russian fleet. SMBC...

Lessor AerCap has taken a $2.4 billion net charge on aircraft that are still in Russia and Ukraine since February, it said on May 17. The charge is for 113 aircraft and eleven engines that are unlikely to be repossessed. AerCap takes $2.4 billion net charge on...