Asia a growing market for regional aircraft lessors as demand remains strong worldwide

With Falko coming into its 13th year, “this is the best market we have seen to be a lessor,” confirmed Mark Hughes, chief commercial officer at Falko. “We’re seeing everything we have expiring in 2024 already extended or committed,” he added, pointing out that airlines with 2025 maturities are already looking to secure that capacity: driving not just longer leases but better terms and conditions within those leases. “When we’ve been meeting airlines [in Dublin] over the last few days, pretty much the first question you get asked is have you got an aircraft,” he joked. With de Havilland Canada