Air Lease Delivers 8 New Aircraft In Q2; Sells 17 Aircraft

(RTTNews) - Air Lease Corp. (AL) announced Monday that its fleet at the end of the second quarter of 2017 comprised of 240 owned aircraft and 48 managed aircraft.

The company delivered 8 new aircraft including 3 Boeing 737-800s, 1 Boeing 787-9, 1 Airbus A320neo, 1 Airbus A321ceo and 2 Airbus A321neos. The company also delivered 6 used Boeing 737-800s purchased in the secondary market with the majority of these deliveries occurring throughout the second half of the quarter.

Further, the company said it sold 17 aircraft including 16 aircraft sold to Thunderbolt Aircraft Lease Limited and 1 aircraft sold to Blackbird Capital I, LLC.

In the quarter, the company announced Memorandum of Understanding with Boeing for 12 737 MAX aircraft, and signed firm order with Airbus for 12 additional A321neo aircraft.