Rainer Ohler is principal at SeniorStrategists, a European consultancy focused on strategic issues. We first met Rainer when he was with Airbus for well over a decade in a senior leadership role. Rainer is not only a strategic advisor, he…
UPDATE – AerCap, the world’s largest leasing company, expects to recognize an impairment on its assets leased to Russian airlines that have not been returned following the sanctions on Russia. The exact amount hasn’t been determined, but the impairment will…
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Lessor Air Lease Corporation (ALC) says it is making good progress on getting its aircraft back from Russian airlines. “We are making good headways and minimizing our exposure on a weekly basis”, Chairman of the Board Steven Udvar-Hazy said on…
Lessors and Russia: The worst case has come to pass. Despite Russia being a signatory to the Cape Town Treaty that enables the recovery of leased aircraft under normal circumstances, the war in Ukraine has resulted in aircraft leased to…
UPDATE – Lessor BOC Aviation said that eighteen aircraft with a book value of $935 million may be affected by the sanctions on Russia. It is too early to say if this means that it won’t be able to repossess these…