Aircraft
AerCap Works to Mitigate Losses Stemming from Ukraine War
Almost 5 percent of AerCap’s fleet remains in Russian hands.
An Aeroflot Boeing 777-300ER takes off from Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport in 2018. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY-SA) by Anna Zvereva)
An Aeroflot Boeing 777-300ER takes off from Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport in 2018. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY-SA) by Anna Zvereva)

Irish lessor AerCap has terminated all its leases with Russian customers and repossessed 22 out of 135 of its aircraft in the country, amounting to about 5 percent of its fleet value, company CEO Aengus Kelly said during a March 30 earnings call. Also recovering three out of 14 engines it leased to Russian customers, the net value of the assets removed from the country amounts to about $400 million. AerCap estimates that the value of its assets leased in the country at $3.1 billion.