Alex Derber

London

Journalist at Freelance

Editor at Aviation Week

Contributor at Inside MRO - Aviation Week & Space Technology

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Articles

AerCap Wins Mega Claim Against War Risk Insurers

2 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Alex Derber

LONDON—AerCap has won its claim against its insurers for the loss of 116 aircraft and 23 engines leased to Russian airlines and not returned following the invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The claim was heard alongside those of five other lessors, but with AerCap acting as the lead claimant given the...
Podcast: What's Happening In Engine Leasing?

2 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | James Pozzi |Alex Derber |Antoine Fafard

Aviation Week's team share insights into the engine leasing market following the recent gathering of lessors and financiers at the ELTF Europe conference. Don't miss a single episode. Subscribe to Aviation Week's MRO Podcast in Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get podcasts. Discover all of our podcasts at aviationweek.com/podcasts.
New-Gen Overhauls Present Conundrum For Lessors, MROs

3 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Alex Derber

LONDON—Although the portfolio of SMBC Aero Engine Lease (SAEL) now comprises 75% new-technology engines, its managing director believes that lessors need a “strong stomach” to invest in assets like the CFM Leap and Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan (GTF) due to the lack of clarity and visibility into overhaul costs and time on wing.
Engine Lessors Mull Portfolio Transitions

3 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Alex Derber

LONDON—A “correction” may be due for lease rates on certain engines following years of increases that are no longer sustainable, attendees at the Engine Leasing, Trading and Finance Europe conference in London heard. Bobby Janagan, managing director of engine lessor Rolls-Royce & Partners Finance, says that cost increases—from items like leasing, maintenance and interest rates—could no longer be absorbed by airlines, which meant little room for further engine lease rate growth.
Rolls-Royce Nears Opening Of First Mainland China Shop

4 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Alex Derber

Rolls-Royce appears to have made good progress with its first engine maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility in mainland China, which looks set to start operations ahead of schedule. State news outlet China Daily reported that Beijing Aero Engine Services (BAESL), a joint venture between...
Lessor Hanwha Aviation Branches Into MRO

1 month ago | aviationweek.com | Alex Derber

Roughly one year after launching its engine leasing business, South Korean company Hanwha Aviation is broadening its service offering via the purchase of an engine maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility in the U.S.“This acquisition represents a foundational step in our vertically integrated approach to engine leasing and asset management,” says Hanwha Aviation chief executive Jeff Lewis.
A Year Of Change For Engine Leasing?

1 month ago | aviationweek.com | Alex Derber

Demand for spare engine leases has remained elevated for some time for both current and new-generation powerplant types. None of the original drivers of this demand—in place since the end of the COVID-19 crisis and including supply chain challenges for airframe and engine OEMs, slow deliveries of...
IndiGo Enjoys Steady Fall In GTF Groundings

1 month ago | aviationweek.com | Alex Derber

India’s largest carrier IndiGo is scaling back its number of damp leases as it recovers from disruptions caused by inspections of the Pratt & Whitney geared turbofans (GTF) that power its Airbus A320neo-family fleet. For its 2024-25 financial year ended March 31, 2025, the LCC saw peak groundings in its second quarter of about 75 aircraft.
Tariff Uncertainty Hangs Over Aftermarket

1 month ago | aviationweek.com | Alex Derber

Aviation companies tend to say two things when asked to predict the impact of tariffs: first, that they don’t know because of the considerable uncertainty about U.S. trade policy; second, that they either hope or expect for aviation ultimately to be exempted from any tariffs due to the net trade surplus it generates for the U.S. However, no exemption has been granted yet, apart from the U.S. pledging that Rolls-Royce engines will avoid the 10% baseline tariff on the UK under a proposed trade...
AFI KLM E&M Builds Southeast Asia Component Business

1 month ago | aviationweek.com | Alex Derber

European MRO provider AFI KLM E&M plans to boost its footprint in Southeast Asia following a 10-year extension of a component support deal with one of the region’s biggest carriers, Cebu Pacific from the Philippines. The Franco-Dutch maintenance company said it would accelerate the development of its warehouse and MRO shop in Singapore, which complements its component service center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.