Apollo and Merx lease 10 Airbus airplanes to Delta

Apollo Global Management and Merx Aviation,  a global aircraft leasing, management and finance company, announced the completion by certain funds managed by affiliates of Apollo and Merx of a sale and leaseback transaction with Delta Air Lines of ten Airbus A220-100 aircraft. The aircraft, manufactured in 2019, were acquired by an aviation platform established by Apollo, which invests in a diverse set of aircraft types, vintages and jurisdictions and is serviced by Merx. Gary Rothschild, chief executive of Merx and head of aviation finance at Apollo, said: “We are pleased to have closed this transaction with Delta, one of the