Dublin-headquartered AerCap signed 570 lease agreements, completed 207 sale transactions, and made 118 purchases in 2022, the company announced on January 9.
In the full year 2022, AerCap closed financing transactions worth approximately US$4.2 billion - signing transactions for approximately $750 million in the fourth quarter alone.
A busy final quarter accounted for 159 of the lease deals, 43 of the purchases and 97 of the sale transactions.
Fourth quarter purchases included 22 A320neo Family aircraft, one A220, one A330neo, one 737 MAX, one 787-9 and three Embraer 195 E2s for AerCap's owned aircraft portfolio, as well as nine engines and four helicopters.
Sold over the same period were: nine Airbus A320 Family aircraft, three A320neo-family aircraft, eight A330s, 33 737NGs, one 767-300ER, two 777-200ERs, among other aircraft, as well as 20 engines and 13 helicopters.