Aviation leasing firm AerCap has completed over 200 aviation asset transactions in the first quarter of 2025, with signed financing agreements worth approximately $1.5 billion.
On April 4, 2025, the Dublin-based lessor announced that across its vast portfolio the company had leased, purchased and sold 203 assets from aircraft to helicopters to jet engines.
According to AerCap, 112 lease agreements had been signed between January and March 2025, covering four widebody aircraft, 47 narrowbody aircraft, 42 engines and 19 helicopters.
The lessor also purchased 13 aircraft, including eight Airbus A320neo Family aircraft, three Boeing 737 MAXs, a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner and a single Embraer E195-E2. Other major assets bought included 35 engines and a single helicopter.
AerCap also sold a total of 29 aircraft from its own portfolio, including 13 Airbus A320 Family aircraft, an Airbus A320neo Family aircraft, six Boeing 737NGs, a Boeing 737-800BCF, a Boeing 777-300ER, two Embraer E190s and three ATR72-600s.
Congratulations to @flyfrontier on the delivery of their latest @airbus A321neo. Named “Falkner the Roseate Tern”, the aircraft joins Frontier’s growing A321neo fleet, one of the most fuel-efficient in the U.S. AerCap is proud to support Frontier’s commitment to Fly Greener. pic.twitter.com/cvtWlCud1X
— AerCap (@AerCapNV) April 3, 2025
Two further aircraft were sold in the first quarter from AerCap’s managed aircraft portfolio.
11 engines – six from AerCap’s owned engine portfolio and five from AerCap’s managed engine portfolio – plus two helicopters were also sold.
The company said that it had repurchased approximately 5.7 million shares, at an average price of $97.93 per share, for a total of approximately $558 million.