Founded in 2021, Aquila was established as a full-service leasing platform to capitalize on a significant market opportunity in building a specialty finance franchise in commercial aerospace, with an initial focus on purchasing, financing, and leasing mid- to late-life aircraft and engines.
Today, Aquila is a trusted partner across the aviation asset value chain, from asset buyers and sellers to operators seeking innovative and timely business solutions. Aquila is backed by funds managed by Wafra Inc., a New York-based, global alternative asset manager, which provide substantial capital to support the lessor’s continued growth.
By focusing on high-touch, metal focused transactions, Aquila has been able to underwrite attractive deal-level economics while building our portfolio to $300 million of capital deployed.
Led by a management team with decades of experience in the aerospace and aviation industries, Aquila is a trusted partner to all players in the value chain, from buyers and sellers of assets to operators in need of creative and timely solutions for their critical business needs.
A diversified customer base of passenger airlines and freight carriers. From equity financing, fleet acquisitions and engine leasing, our full-service platform provides a wide range of tailored solutions to our valued partners.
