{"id":94713,"date":"2026-04-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/?p=94713"},"modified":"2026-04-14T06:43:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T06:43:22","slug":"dae-blackstone-launch-new-aircraft-leasing-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2026\/04\/14\/dae-blackstone-launch-new-aircraft-leasing-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"DAE, Blackstone launch new aircraft leasing platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding: 0;margin: 0;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left\"><strong>A new leasing platform takes off:<\/strong> Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) is teaming up with Blackstone Credit and Ins. (BXCI) to launch Equator, an aircraft leasing investment platform targeting around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackstone.com\/news\/press\/dae-and-blackstone-credit-insurance-announce-multi-billion-dollar-global-aviation-leasing-investment-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USD 1.6 bn<\/a> in annual deployments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 0;margin: 0;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left\"><strong>How does it work? <\/strong>DAE will source aircraft from third parties and manage them through its Aircraft Investor Services arm<strong>, <\/strong>while BXCI \u2014 with more than USD 100 bn under management \u2014 will provide the institutional capital backing Equator, including from ITE Management.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 0;margin: 0;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left\"><strong>Equator lands mid-expansion: <\/strong>DAE agreed in February to <a href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2026\/03\/02\/dae-buys-into-the-mega-lessor-tier-with-usd-7-bn-macquarie-takeover\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">acquire Macquarie AirFinance<\/a> \u2014 lifting its combined fleet to around 1k aircraft and adding 37 airline customers. 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