A lessor’s market: Aircraft shortages and ACMI

Amid ongoing issues of supply chain shortages and aircraft delivery delays, a ‘hot market’ for pre-owned aircraft continues to work to the lessor’s benefit, highlighted the Airline Economics fleet management panel during the Fleet Management and Asset Tradings Parts Day in Dublin. “Fleet planning is challenging in a way that unless you really prepared for this a few years ago or at least a couple of years ago, it’s really difficult to change anything right now,” explained Laura Lvaskaite, head of asset management at SmartLynx Airlines. “If anyone is willing to grow, you have to be really, really sure that