AerCap Leased, Purchased and Sold 436 Aircraft in 2018

RECORD NUMBER OF TRANSACTIONS 145 IN Q4 2018

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- AerCap Holdings N.V. (“AerCap”) (NYSE:AER) has announced its major business transactions during the full year and fourth quarter 2018.

Aengus Kelly, CEO of AerCap commented, “Q4 was a record quarter for AerCap. We executed 145 aircraft transactions including 72 leases, 36 sales of older aircraft and 37 purchases of the most in demand new technology aircraft. I would particularly like to note that we have now leased 48 of the 50 Embraer E-2 aircraft that we have on order. Further to this we continued to add to AerCap’s lender group through the execution of $500 million of new debt facilities and ended the year with approximately $10bn in available liquidity.”

“These activities illustrate the unmatched capability and scale of AerCap’s platform. It also highlights the continued demand for our aircraft both to meet our airline customers’ needs and as an asset class for investors.”

Full Year 2018 Transactions

  • Signed lease agreements for 257 aircraft.
  • Purchased 76 aircraft.
  • Executed sale transactions for 103 aircraft.
  • Signed financing transactions for $6.9 billion.

Fourth Quarter 2018 Transactions

  • Signed lease agreements for 72 aircraft, including 8 widebody aircraft and 64 narrowbody aircraft.
  • Purchased 37 aircraft, including 26 Airbus A320neo Family aircraft, 2 Airbus A350s, 3 Boeing 737 MAX 8s, 5 Boeing 787s and 1 Embraer E2.
  • Executed sale transactions for 36 aircraft, including 14 Airbus A320 Family aircraft, 2 Airbus A330s, 6 Boeing 737NGs, 1 Boeing 737 Classic, 1 Boeing 757, 2 Boeing 777-200ERs and 1 Boeing 777-300 from AerCap’s owned portfolio and 9 Airbus A320 Family aircraft from AerCap’s managed portfolio.
  • Signed financing transactions for $500 million.

About AerCap

AerCap is the global leader in aircraft leasing with, as of December 31, 2018, 1,421 owned, managed or on order aircraft in its portfolio. AerCap has one of the most attractive order books in the industry. AerCap serves approximately 200 customers in approximately 80 countries with comprehensive fleet solutions. AerCap is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (AER) and has its headquarters in Dublin with offices in Shannon, Los Angeles, Singapore, Amsterdam, Shanghai, Abu Dhabi, Seattle and Toulouse.

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For Investors: Joseph McGinley
Head of Investor Relations
jmcginley@aercap.com; +353 1 418 0428

For Media: Gillian Culhane
Vice President Corporate Communications
gculhane@aercap.com; +353 1 636 0945

Source: AerCap Holdings N.V.

Released January 2, 2019