The expanding role of leasing firms in aviation financing

Leasing companies played a key role in keeping the airline industry afloat during the pandemic, via record numbers of sale and lease back agreements and other arrangements. Airlines are starting to turn profitable once again, but regional progress is highly differentiated and elevated debt and poor credit metrics are common in the industry. At the same time, new aircraft deliveries are increasing and will need financing of more than USD100 billion p/a.

• How are funding strategies changing now that cheap debt is increasingly a thing of the past?
• What impact are ESG trends and net zero targets having on the aviation finance market?
• How are recent innovations in financing changing the structure of the market?