AerCap Holdings N.v. AER

What this company does

It provides a wide range of assets for lease, including narrowbody and widebody aircraft, regional jets, freighters, engines and helicopters. As of December 31, 2025, its portfolio consisted of 3,500 aircraft, engines and helicopters that were owned, on order or managed. As of December 31, 2025, it owned 1,501 aircraft, managed 148 aircraft and had 283 new aircraft on order. AerCap Cargo provides 11 types of modern narrowbody and widebody cargo aircraft to approximately 25 customers around the world, including e-commerce, express delivery and general cargo operators. It has longstanding relationships and contractual commitments with approximately 150 customers, including commercial aviation engine manufacturers GE Aerospace and CFMI, to which it provides spare engines services for their airline customers. Milestone partners with helicopter operators and end-users worldwide, providing a wide array of financial and productivity solutions, including operating leases, finance leases, purchase-and-leaseback transactions, engine leasing and fleet advisory services. AerCap Materials Inc. is a distributor of airframe and engine components for commercial aircraft and engine manufacturers, and since its founding as the Memphis Group in 1971 has provided spare airframe and engine component distribution, component and asset leasing, consignment services and asset repair management.

Written from the business description in AerCap Holdings N.V.'s annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 12 February 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.