ILFC

Chinese group to pay $4.2 billion for AIG aircraft leasing unit

AIG has agreed to sell 80.1% of ILFC, its aircraft leasing business, to a group of Chinese investors led by New China Trust.

<div style="text-align: left;"> Constellation Place, ILFC's Los Angeles HQ </div>

Rupert Walker

December 11, 2012

A Chinese consortium led by New China Trust has agreed to buy the aircraft leasing business of American International Group (AIG). It will pay $4.23 billion for an 80.1% stake in International Lease Finance Corp (ILFC), which will be the largest ever acquisition of a US company by a Chinese firm.

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