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Full coverage: Aircraft leasing

After eight years, an Irish-based Russian aircraft lessor linked to sanctioned banks winds up

The liquidation of Pan JSC started in 2017 and has finally finished up. The company was financed by a bank which was recently embroiled in an international money-laundering crackdown.

Jonathan Keane
1st Dec, 2025 - 2 min read

Russian losses: CDB Aviation has clawed back over $250m on stranded aircraft

Having bowed out of insurance litigation last May, CDB Aviation has been settling with insurers on its beached Russian assets. But one case that went the distance looks set to deliver a multi-million euro payout.

Francesca Comyn
28th Nov, 2025 - 3 min read

Limerick aircraft logistics firm Eastway is being scooped up by Swiss giant K+N

The family business, run from Limerick, works with airlines and lessors to move aircraft engines and parts around the world and has more than €38 million in turnover.

Jonathan Keane
14th Nov, 2025 - 2 min read

“Continuously evolving”: How Aerlytix is bringing AI analytics to aviation financing

Alan Doyle kicked off Aerlytix in 2020 in the midst of Covid challenges and aviation’s shutdown but in the last five years it has raised over €10m and is now plotting a major product expansion.

Jonathan Keane
14th Nov, 2025 - 6 min read

“Total disregard”: Boeing’s legal tussle with the Irish aircraft leasing arm of Russia’s VEB

Timaero Ireland Limited sued Boeing over six years ago. Now the aircraft maker has accused the company, linked to a sanctioned Russian bank, of frustrating discovery and depositions.

Jonathan Keane
5th Nov, 2025 - 4 min read

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
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