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Aviation Leaders Report 2025
The Supply Strain
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CONTENTS
2 Contributors
AirlineEconomicsandKPMGspoketo30-plusaviationexpertsand
leaders fromOctobertoDecember2024.Contributorslistedareonly
those that agreed to participate on camera or to be quoted in this
publication. This list omits those individuals that provided valuable
input to the report but preferred to remain anonymous. Thank you
to all who contributed to the 2025 report.
4 Foreword
Joe O’Mara, Head of Aviation Finance at KPMG Ireland.
6 Chapter One: The Supply Strain
Supply chain bottlenecks strangle air
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AIRLINE ECONOMICS RESEARCH Aviation Global Lead
Eamonn Bane Chief Executive Officer Macquari
AIRLINE ECONOMICS RESEARCH THE SUPPLY STRAIN
The key driver on cost increases has been labour,
Chapter One The Supply Strain
manufactures aerostructures for the A220
MANUFACTURING Fig.1: Passenger Aircraft Deliverie
Source: Cirium Core Source: Cirium Core MANUFACTU
MANUFACTURING engines, which have been coming o
“The technology has to become robust because ther
MANUFACTURING 500 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 1
the cost to lease the whole aircraft. This situat
MANUFACTURING Airbus has booked 742 aircraft
“The majority of our airline customers are in the
MANUFACTURING Chap
D emand for air travel continues
LEASING being on the ground as a result of the
“Our customers are struggling to get the aircraft
LEASING FIG. 6: TOP 30 AIRCRAFT LEASING COMPANI
LEASING FIG. 7: TOP 30 AIRCRAFT LEASING COMPANI
LEASING changed the competitor dynamic in the m
entering the bidding process in greater numbers.
LEASING traffic that just disappeared. This
characteristic of Azorra’s broader market s
LEASING assets, closing a $988 million corporat
Although there are some sizeable portfolios
LEASING up our liability structure in a discipl
then you can start accessing into an IG stack. To
LEASING raised close to $3bn in funds – e
Source: Cirium Ascend Consultancy
LEASING SMBC Aviation Capital has closed a joi
“Measured in units, the leasing share of the flee
Chapter Three Evolving Strategies
In 2024, airlines benefited from the largely ben
AIRLINES World Economic Growth, Air Traffic & A
AIRLINES Oil / Jet Fuel Prices Jan 2022-Jan 202
AIRLINES daily routes with low frequencies and
Pacific due to the slower recovery from Covid. Lik
AIRLINES Cargo recovery After two years of dec
Amazon Air secured lease agreements with A
AIRLINES COST CREEP All ai
AIRLINES Fig. 13. Global Schedule Growth 2024-202
Chapter Four Financing lift
FINANCE T he supply-demand imbalance
FINANCE capital. At that higher level, a major
is access to the deep unsecured bond market. AerC
FINANCE bet by investors and more of an index b
funds would be more competitive. The sweet spot i
FINANCE With a double dip affirmed, i
Source: Cirium Core FINANCE Fig 15. Aviation AB
FINANCE In September, regular issuers Pimco
for underlying loan portfolio secured by mid-life
FINANCE larger than $200 mil. Our average
“Spreads in senior debt have fallen so investors
FINANCE of SAF but we have a long way to go on
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