Aircraft Leasing Sector Fears Tariffs, Inflation And Interest Rates

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Lessors control a growing share of the commercial fleet. But tariffs, inflation and supply shortages pose threats to their business models.

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The aircraft leasing sector has often been portrayed as a group of the lucky few in aviation that were in the right place at the right time. Well-funded, appropriately rated—sometimes, they say—lessors have served as the airlines’ bank in bad times, gaining market share in the process, seeing lease...
Jens Flottau

Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Jens is executive editor and leads Aviation Week Network’s global team of journalists covering commercial aviation.

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