FlightGlobal Top 50 Lessor Award
Hans Wang, Senior Vice President, Commercial Asia Pacific, accepted a trophy on behalf of CDB Aviation from FlightGlobal at a briefing held June 13 in Shanghai marking the success of the award-winning nine Chinese leasing companies within FlightGlobal’s Top 50 Lessors Awards.
Chinese aircraft lessors see fleet values pass US$40 billion in 2017
FlightGlobal (June 13, 2018) – China-based aircraft leasing companies are a key driver of the global aviation finance market, according to FlightGlobal’s Top 50 Lessor ranking.
The annual FlightGlobal Top 50 Lessor Ranking shows that the total fleet value of the nine China-based commercial aircraft lessors it includes exceeded US$40bn for the first time in 2017 – an increase in their aircraft fleet values of around US$5bn or 15% over 2016. The total fleet size of the nine lessors in 2017 was 1090 aircraft – a 13% increase from 2016. According to FlightGlobal, China-based lessors such as BoCom Leasing have climbed up the ranking in the past year, moving up five places, and above longer-established companies such as Aircastle Advisor, Nordic Aviation Capital and Macquarie AirFinance, based on fleet value.
FlightGlobal is today marking the success of the nine China-based leasing companies within its Top 50 Lessors Awards at a briefing in Shanghai. These include (in descending order of ranking): ICBC Leasing, CDB Aviation Lease Finance, BoCom Leasing, China Aircraft Leasing, CCB Financial leasing, CMB Financial Leasing, SPDB Financial Leasing, Changjiang Leasing and AVIC International Leasing.