Dedicated access, without tying up the capital.
Leasing is the right answer for a specific band of flying: enough hours to want a dedicated aircraft, not so many that owning one pays off. When that's you, a lease gives you the aircraft and a predictable monthly cost — and leaves your capital where it earns more.
Access is the point, not ownership.
Owning an aircraft ties up capital and puts the whole asset — depreciation, residual value, the eventual sale — on your balance sheet. For a lot of flying that is exactly right. For a lot more, it isn't.
A lease separates the flying from the owning. You get dedicated access to a specific aircraft for a defined term, at a monthly cost you can plan around, and you hand back the residual-value risk to someone whose business is carrying it.
We'll tell you honestly whether leasing beats buying, chartering or a jet card for how you actually fly — the same answer the Jet Finder gives, with a person behind it.
The honest version: leasing isn't always the answer.
Roughly by annual flight hours, here's where each option wins. We'd rather point you to the right one than lease you an aircraft you don't need.
Charter
On-demand is almost always cheaper than any form of ownership — no fixed cost, no crew, no hangar.
Jet card / share
Enough flying to want guaranteed availability, not enough for a whole aircraft. A card or fractional share fits.
Lease
Dedicated access and a predictable monthly cost, without tying up capital in the asset. This is the band leasing is built for.
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Past a certain number of hours a year, ownership starts to beat every alternative on cost per hour.
Which structure fits depends on what you want at the end.
Use it, then hand it back.
You pay for access over the term and return the aircraft at the end. The lessor keeps the residual-value risk — you never wanted to own it, only to fly it.
- Lowest capital commitment
- Off your balance sheet as an asset
- No exposure to resale value
- Defined term, then walk away
Best when: you want flexibility, a fixed cost, and no interest in owning the aircraft long-term.
Lease now, own at the end.
Structured toward ownership: you carry more of the asset's economics over the term and typically acquire the aircraft at the end. A path to owning that spreads the capital.
- Route to eventual ownership
- Capital spread over the term
- You hold the residual value
- Longer commitment than operating
Best when: you intend to own but would rather finance the aircraft than pay for it outright.
[[ CONFIRMAR: ¿Dreamliner arrienda aeronaves de FLOTA PROPIA, o estructura y coloca leases con lessors de terceros? ¿Qué tipos/categorías hay disponibles? La respuesta decide si esta página dice "our lease fleet" o "we arrange the lease". No prometas una flota que no exista. ]] Structure, term and tax treatment vary by jurisdiction — we're advisors on the lease, not your tax counsel.
From how you fly to keys, on one desk.
Mission & fit
We start with how you actually fly and confirm leasing beats the alternatives before anything else. NDA where it's called for.
Aircraft & structure
We match the aircraft to the mission and the lease structure — operating or finance — to what you want at the end of the term.
Terms & documents
Rate, term, hours, maintenance reserves and return conditions agreed in writing. The return conditions are where leases go wrong, so we read them with you.
Delivery & crew
Registration, insurance and — if you need it — crew and scheduling through the same desk. The aircraft arrives ready to fly.
Tell us how you fly. We'll tell you whether to lease.
Including when a charter, a jet card or buying outright is the better call — before any figures are discussed.