As of June 30th, ILFC had 933 aircraft in its fleet compared to 946 last year.

FORBES: AIG Hits Turbulence With International Lease Finance

It will be interesting to see if this acquisition can help ILFC sort out its problems.

FORBES: AIG Hits Turbulence With International Lease Finance

One of the big problems concerning ILFC is its aging fleet, declining fleet size and declining lease rate.

FORBES: AIG Hits Turbulence With International Lease Finance

American International Group (AIG) has reported a huge loss from the sale of its aircraft leasing business ILFC.

BBC: AIG logo

On Monday, ILFC said that it has been able to repossess an A321 aircraft from India after a favorable decision last week by the Delhi High Court.

WSJ: Regulator De-Registers 17 Kingfisher Jets

Singapore Airlines and ILFC (a big American leasing company and loyal Airbus customer) have called for a total re-think to give the A350 a wider fuselage and a cabin as comfortable as the one on the 787.

ECONOMIST: Cabin fever

Airbus says it is confident that there is enough interest the launch the A3XX, with four airlines (Air France, Emirates Air, Singapore Airlines, and leasing firm ILFC) already committed to firm orders and several others (believed to include Virgin Atlantic and Qantas) discussing terms.

BBC: Development of the A3xx would be expensive