Funds Managed by Apollo and Merx Aviation Complete Sale-Leaseback Transaction with Delta Air Lines
NEW YORK, July 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Apollo Global Management, Inc. (NYSE: APO) (together with its consolidated subsidiaries Apollo) and Merx Aviation (Merx), a global aircraft leasing, management and finance company, announced the completion by certain funds managed by affiliates of Apollo and Merx of a sale and leaseback transaction with Delta Air Lines of ten Airbus A220-100 aircraft.
- NEW YORK, July 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Apollo Global Management, Inc. (NYSE: APO) (together with its consolidated subsidiaries Apollo) and Merx Aviation (Merx), a global aircraft leasing, management and finance company, announced the completion by certain funds managed by affiliates of Apollo and Merx of a sale and leaseback transaction with Delta Air Lines of ten Airbus A220-100 aircraft.
- The aircraft, manufactured in 2019, were acquired by an aviation platform established by Apollo, which invests in a diverse set of aircraft types, vintages and jurisdictions and is serviced by Merx.
- Gary Rothschild, CEO of Merx and Head of Aviation Finance at Apollo, said: We are pleased to have closed this transaction with Delta, one of the worlds leading airlines, and to add the new and innovative A220 aircraft type to our portfolio.
- Merx operates an integrated aviation platform focused on global aircraft leasing, management and finance, with an owned and managed fleet spanning 26 countries.