Air Lease Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2025 Results

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Air Lease (NYSE: AL) announces financial results for the three months and year ended December 31, 2025.

Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2025 Results

The following table summarizes our operating results for the three months and year ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 (in millions, except per share amounts and percentages):

Highlights

• Generated the highest total revenues achieved in any individual quarter or year in the Company’s history with total revenues of $820 million and $3.0 billion for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2025, respectively.
• During the fourth quarter, we took delivery of 10 aircraft from our orderbook, representing $926 million in aircraft investments, ending the period with 490 aircraft in our owned fleet and approximately $33 billion in total assets.
• Sold 23 aircraft during the fourth quarter for a record of $1.0 billion in sales proceeds.
• We have $1.2 billion of aircraft in our sales pipeline¹, which includes approximately $529 million in flight equipment held for sale as of December 31, 2025 and approximately $692 million of aircraft subject to letters of intent.
• Placed 99% and 82% of our orderbook on long-term leases for aircraft delivering through the end of 2027 and 2028, respectively, and placed approximately 64% of our entire orderbook delivering through 2031.
• Ended the quarter with $28.9 billion in committed minimum future rental payments consisting of $19.6 billion in contracted minimum rental payments on the aircraft in our existing fleet and $9.3 billion in minimum future rental payments related to aircraft which will deliver between 2026 through 2031.
• On December 18, 2025, our Class A common stockholders approved the adoption of the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), with Sumisho Air Lease Corporation Designated Activity Company (formerly known as Gladiatora Designated Activity Company), an Irish private limited company (“Parent”) and Takeoff Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), pursuant to which, among other things and subject to the conditions contained in the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, with the Company surviving as an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. We currently anticipate that the Merger will close in the first half of 2026, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of remaining customary closing conditions and required regulatory approvals.
• On February 10, 2025, our board of directors approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.22 per share on our outstanding Class A common stock. This quarterly dividend of $0.22 per share will be paid on April 7, 2026, to holders of record of our Class A common stock as of March 2, 2026.

Financial Overview

Fourth Quarter 2025 vs. Fourth Quarter 2024

Our total rental of flight equipment revenue for the three months ended December 31, 2025 increased by approximately 6%, to $680 million, as compared to the three months ended December 31, 2024. The increase is primarily due to the continued growth of our fleet by net book value and an increase in our portfolio lease yield.

Our gain on aircraft sales and trading and other income for the three months ended December 31, 2025 increased by 90%, to $141 million, as compared to the three months ended December 31, 2024, driven by increased sales activity. We recorded $132 million in gains from the sale of 23 aircraft for the three months ended December 31, 2025, compared to $65 million in gains from the sale of 14 aircraft and $3 million from one sales-type lease for the three months ended December 31, 2024.

Our net income attributable to common stockholders for the three months ended December 31, 2025 increased to $170 million, or $1.51 per diluted share, from $93 million, or $0.83 per diluted share, for the three months ended December 31, 2024. Net income attributable to common stockholders increased due to higher revenues, as discussed above, partially offset by an increase in depreciation expense due to the growth of our fleet by net book value and $9.9 million in costs associated with the merger.

Adjusted net income before income taxes during the three months ended December 31, 2025 was $247 million, or $2.20 per adjusted diluted share, as compared to $150 million, or $1.34 per adjusted diluted share, for the three months ended December 31, 2024. Adjusted net income before income taxes increased due to higher revenues partially offset by an increase in depreciation expense, as discussed above.

Full Year 2025 vs. Full Year 2024

Our total rental of flight equipment revenues for the year ended December 31, 2025 increased by 8%, to $2.7 billion, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2024. The increase is primarily due to the continued growth of our fleet by net book value and an increase in our portfolio lease yield.

Our aircraft sales, trading and other revenues for the year ended December 31, 2025 increased by 35%, to $331 million, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2024, driven by increased sales activity. We recorded $244 million in gains from the sale of 48 aircraft and $8 million from one sales-type lease, compared to $170 million in gains from the sale of 39 aircraft and $17 million from four sales-type leases for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Our net income attributable to common stockholders for the year ended December 31, 2025, was $1.0 billion, or $9.29 per diluted share, as compared to $372 million, or $3.33 per diluted share, for the year ended December 31, 2024. Net income attributable to common stockholders increased primarily due to a net benefit of $736 million from the settlement of insurance claims with certain insurers related to aircraft detained in Russia, and higher revenues, as discussed above, partially offset by increases in depreciation expense due to the growth of our fleet, interest expense due to higher average cost of funds throughout the year, $18.8 million compensation expense related to the retirement of our Chairman from his executive role, $18.5 million in costs associated with the merger and $9.5 million in costs associated with litigation involving our Russian fleet.

Adjusted net income before income taxes during the year ended December 31, 2025, was $718.4 million, or $6.40 per adjusted diluted share, as compared to $574.2 million, or $5.13 per adjusted diluted share, for the year ended December 31, 2024. Adjusted net income before income taxes increased primarily due to higher revenues partially offset by increases in depreciation expense and interest expense, as discussed above.

Flight Equipment Portfolio

As of December 31, 2025, the net book value of our fleet increased to $29.1 billion, compared to $28.2 billion as of December 31, 2024. As of December 31, 2025, we owned 490 aircraft in our aircraft portfolio, comprised of 352 narrowbody aircraft and 138 widebody aircraft, and we managed 45 aircraft. The weighted average fleet age and weighted average remaining lease term of flight equipment subject to operating lease as of December 31, 2025 was 4.9 years and 7.2 years, respectively. We had a globally diversified customer base comprised of 102 airlines in 53 countries as of December 31, 2025.

The following table summarizes the key portfolio metrics of our fleet as of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024:

The following table details the regional concentration of our flight equipment subject to operating leases:

The following table details the composition of our owned fleet by aircraft type:

Debt Financing Activities

We ended the fourth quarter of 2025 with total debt financing, net of discounts and issuance costs, of $19.7 billion. As of December 31, 2025, 76.8% of our total debt financing was at a fixed rate and 97.5% was unsecured. As of December 31, 2025, our composite cost of funds was 4.15%. We ended the quarter with total liquidity of $7.5 billion.

As of the end of the periods presented, our debt portfolio was comprised of the following components (dollars in millions, except percentages):

Conference Call

As is customary during the pendency of an acquisition transaction, we will not be hosting a conference call or providing guidance in conjunction with our fourth quarter 2025 earnings release. For further detail and discussion of our financial performance please refer to our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025.

About Air Lease (NYSE: AL)

Air Lease is a leading global aircraft leasing company based in Los Angeles, California that has airline customers throughout the world. Air Lease and its team of dedicated and experienced professionals are principally engaged in purchasing new commercial aircraft and leasing them to its airline customers worldwide through customized aircraft leasing and financing solutions. Air Lease routinely posts information that may be important to investors in the “Investors” section of its website at www.airleasecorp.com. Investors and potential investors are encouraged to consult Air Lease’s website regularly for important information. The information contained on, or that may be accessed through, Air Lease’s website is not incorporated by reference into, and is not a part of, this press release.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains statements that constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Those statements appear in a number of places in this press release and include statements regarding, among other matters, the proposed acquisition (the “Merger”) of Air Lease pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated September 1, 2025, including any statements regarding the expected closing of the Merger, the ability to complete the Merger, and the expected benefits of the proposed Merger, the state of the airline industry, our ability to access the capital and debt markets (including any restrictions imposed by the proposed Merger), aircraft and engine delivery delays and manufacturing flaws, our aircraft sales pipeline and expectations, changes in inflation and interest rates and other macroeconomic conditions and other factors affecting our financial condition or results of operations. Words such as “can,” “could,” “may,” “predicts,” “potential,” “will,” “projects,” “continuing,” “ongoing,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates” and “should,” and variations of these words and similar expressions, are used in many cases to identify these forward-looking statements. Any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements, or industry results to vary materially from our future results, performance or achievements, or those of our industry, expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others:

• the inability to complete the Merger because of the failure to receive, on a timely basis or subject to conditions that are not anticipated, the required approvals by governmental or regulatory agencies in connection with the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement;
• the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the merger agreement;
• the risk that the pendency and uncertainty of the Merger disrupts our business and current plans and operations and potential difficulties in employee retention as a result;
• the effect of the announcement of the Merger on our business relationships, operating results and business generally;
• the restrictions or prohibitions under certain covenants in the merger agreement during the pendency of the Merger that may impact our ability to pursue certain business opportunities;
• the risk that our Class A common stock price may decline if the Merger is not consummated;
• the risk that the Merger may involve unexpected costs, liabilities or delays, or the amount of costs, fees, expenses and charges relating to the Merger may be significant;
• our inability to obtain additional capital on favorable terms, or at all, to acquire aircraft from our orderbook, service our debt obligations and refinance maturing debt obligations, including as a result of the restrictions under the merger agreement on our ability to incur additional debt, which may negatively impact our liquidity and ability to maintain our investment grade credit ratings;
• increases in our cost of borrowing, decreases in our credit ratings or changes in interest rates;
• our inability to generate sufficient returns on our aircraft investments through strategic aircraft acquisitions and profitable leasing;
• the failure of an aircraft or engine manufacturer to meet its contractual obligations to us, including or as a result of labor strikes, aviation supply chain constraints, manufacturing flaws or technical or other difficulties with aircraft or engines before or after delivery;
• obsolescence of, or changes in overall demand for, our aircraft;
• changes in the value of, and lease rates for, our aircraft, including as a result of aircraft oversupply, manufacturer production levels, our lessees’ failure to maintain our aircraft, inflation, and other factors outside of our control;
• impaired financial condition and liquidity of our lessees, including due to lessee defaults and reorganizations, bankruptcies or similar proceedings;
• increased competition from other aircraft lessors;
• the failure by our lessees to adequately insure our aircraft or fulfill their contractual indemnity obligations to us, or the failure of such insurers to fulfill their contractual obligations;
• increased tariffs and other restrictions on trade;
• changes in the regulatory environment, including changes in tax laws and environmental regulations;
• other events affecting our business or the business of our lessees and aircraft manufacturers or their suppliers that are beyond our or their control, such as the threat or realization of epidemic diseases, natural disasters, terrorist attacks, war or armed hostilities between countries or non-state actors; and
• any additional factors discussed under “Part I — Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, and other Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filings, including future SEC filings.

All forward-looking statements are necessarily only estimates of future results, and there can be no assurance that actual results will not differ materially from expectations. You are therefore cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made, and we do not intend and undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking information to reflect actual results or events or circumstances after the date on which the statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

Contacts

Investors:
Jason Arnold

Vice President, Investor Relations

Email: [email protected]

Media:
Ashley Arnold

Senior Manager, Media and Investor Relations

Email: [email protected]

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