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Spare-powerplant availability is tightening across commercial aviation as extended MRO cycles and constrained aircraft deliveries slow the resupply of late-model engines on a sector-wide basis.
Against that backdrop, AIP Capital and Bridgepoint have agreed to purchase eleven LEAP-1B spare engines from CFM International, expanding their joint venture with the stated aim of building a commercial engine portfolio exceeding one billion dollars.
Delivery runs from 2027 to 2029, with the units to be leased to airlines, MROs, and operators.
Scaling the joint venture The order represents a meaningful acceleration of the capex cycle the two partners are running through their collaboration in commercial engine assets.
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