AerCap leased, purchased and sold 458 aircraft in 2016

AerCap has announced its major business transactions during the full year and fourth quarter 2016. For the full Year 2016 AerCap signed lease agreements for 279 aircraft and purchased 38 aircraft. The company executed sale transactions for 141 aircraft and signed financing transactions for US$4.6bn. For the fourth quarter 2016 AerCap signed lease agreements for 56 aircraft, including 21 wide-body and 35 narrow-body aircraft and purchased 19 aircraft, including 14 Airbus A320neos, 3 Airbus A350-900s and 2 Boeing 787-9s. AerCap executed sale transactions for 41 aircraft, including 2 Airbus A319-100s, 11 Airbus A320-200s, 2 Airbus A321-100s, 3 Airbus A321-200s, 6 Airbus A330-200s, 3 Airbus A330-300s, 1 Boeing 737 Classic, 6 Boeing 737NGs, 2 Boeing 757-200s and 1 Boeing 767-300ER from AerCap’s owned portfolio, and 1 Airbus A320-200, 1 Airbus A330-200 and 2 Boeing 737 Classics from AerCap’s managed portfolio. The company reported that it signed financing transactions for US$1.7bn in the fourth quarter 2016.