2012 OUTLOOK – LESSORS

The leasing market in 2011 has been one of many worries, some lessors are thinking about a return to the problems of 2008 when parent companies got into trouble. Already the economic problems in the Eurozone have helped put off the ILFC sale/IPO. AIG most likely took one look at the performance of Air Lease shares post IPO and realised that investors would not wish to take another gamble on a horse from the same stable after the first bet turned sour. The Air Lease IPO was a huge success but the performance since then has been poor even by