Logo
Logo
  • Stories
  • Voices
  • Podcasts
  • Events
  • Search
  • Log In
  • Subscribe
  • Stories
  • Voices
  • Podcasts
  • Events

Follow Us

Full coverage: Aircraft leasing

Sparfell pulls the plug on tentative Irish aircraft leasing business

The Swiss company set up a Dublin base several years ago but the operations never fully took off. Now the company is shutting down the Irish subsidiary.

Jonathan Keane
20th Oct, 2025 - 2 min read

AerCap settles another dispute with a blacklisted Russian airline

The lessor has settled with Nordwind and a Russian insurer for €91m in a dispute over five aircraft that were stranded in Russia since the start of the Ukrainian war.

Jonathan Keane
24th Sep, 2025 - 2 min read

Joe Gill: A seismic aircraft leasing transaction rooted in Ireland 

The $28.2 billion takeover of Air Lease Corporation by a SMBC-led consortium marks one of the biggest shifts in global aircraft leasing — and firmly places Dublin at the heart of the industry’s future.

Joe Gill
4th Sep, 2025 - 3 min read

Aircraft lessor Carlyle Aviation in $65m clash with Senegal’s flag carrier

Irish entities for Carlyle Aviation Partners have ramped up their legal action against cash-strapped Air Sénégal, claiming arrears and damages over the alleged unpaid use of four Airbus.

Jonathan Keane
31st Jul, 2025 - 2 min read

Flight plan for growth: Part four – How to keep Ireland’s edge in aircraft leasing

Aircraft leasing is one of Ireland’s greatest economic success stories, but global competition is heating up. To stay ahead, policymakers must double down on what works.

Joe Gill
15th Jul, 2025 - 4 min read

Russian lessors: GTLK’s unprecedented liquidation is freezing up other cases  

Aircraft repair company Ascent Aviation is pursuing money and the right to seize planes in the US courts but the liquidation proceedings of Russian owner GTLK is causing lengthy delays.

Jonathan Keane
2nd Jul, 2025 - 3 min read

Korean giant Hanwha has started an aviation leasing unit. Dublin is a core arm of the strategy

Chief executive Jeff Lewis speaks to The Currency about being the “new kid on the block” in the leasing business and where Ireland fits into its plans.

Jonathan Keane
23rd Jan, 2025 - 3 min read

“These are fundamentally strong businesses, highly liquid, backed by hard assets”

KPMG's latest annual Aviation Leaders Report 2025 takes the pulse of an industry that had its fair share of headwinds, from supply headaches to environmental rules, but it is an industry positive about the future.

Tom Lyons
13th Jan, 2025 - 9 min read

A soaring success: How legal expertise fuels Ireland’s global leadership in aviation

Ireland's top dog status in aircraft leasing has so far proved unassailable to competitors in Hong Kong, Singapore and now India. Major legal players in the industry analyse the inputs to this incredible success story and where it might go from here.

Francesca Comyn
2nd Dec, 2024 - 12 min read

Indian airline SpiceJet is trying to put its disputes with Irish lessors to bed

The airline recently raised more than $300m from institutional investors to, among other issues, settle disputes with Irish lessors through “amicable negotiations”.

Jonathan Keane
11th Nov, 2024 - 2 min read
1 2 3 Next »
Logo
  • Advertise
  • About
  • Contact
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy

© 2025 Currency Media Limited

Sign In

Forgot your password?
Logo

Not a subscriber yet?

Create an account