Air Lease Corporation: The $800 Million Mistake In Russia

Apr. 26, 2022 2:13 PM ETAir Lease Corporation (AL) StockAL23 Comments

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  • Air Lease Corporation initially saw no reason to impair its assets.
  • Company risk assessment has been proven little over a month after Air Lease made a case for not impairing assets.
  • Our forward-looking valuation already embedded the invalidity of Air Lease's risk assessment.
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Aeroflot Airbus A321 Registration VP-BKI. Plane take off or landing in Sheremetyevo International Airport. Air Transport. Tourism and travel concept. MOSCOW REGION, RUSSIA - OCTOBER 28, 2019

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In recent reports, I analyzed the presence of leased aircraft in Russia. What we found was that airlines in Russia were more dependent on leasing aircraft than the rest of the world. One of the

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