Does leasing out aircrafts make money?
michaeldeg:
Hi everyone,
If I would buy an aircraft and then lease it out, would this make money for my airline?
Thanks!
Runner:
Well... you also bought the aircraft, which cost you a lot of money. So it will take a while before you make money of it.
Maarten Otto:
What I do:
Buy an aircraft.
Keep it in my own fleet and use it till D checks.
By that time the AC would have paid back itself in comparison to a 7 year lease.
Now I have written it off (financially)
Two options:
Keep it and use it at a super low operational cost (3 million a year or so)
Lease it out for another 7 years so it pays back it's value once more.
swiftus27:
I have made TONS leasing out planes.
In fact, there is a point when you can lease out planes and make more money. you just need to own a ton of planes. Fire all of your staff and just buy and lease planes. Sure, you wont be moving pax but you will be making money.
Curse:
Leasing out has one big problem; somebody must lease them.
Mostly you won't lease out aircraft 100% of the time, lessors go bankrupt and you must set the aircraft back to the market, you must maintain them etc.
In my opinion it's not worth the effort.
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