ABL Aviation
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Aircraft leasing |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Founder | Ali Ben Lmadani |
| Headquarters | Dublin, Ireland |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Website | ablaviation |
ABL Aviation is a global independent aircraft asset management company headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. Founded in 2014, the company specializes in structuring and managing aircraft investments for institutional investors, with a focus on new generation and mid-life commercial aircraft. As of April 2025, ABL Aviation has deployed over $5.9 billion in capital and manages assets exceeding $6.6 billion across a portfolio of 108 aircraft.
ABL Aviation has offices in six global financial and aviation hubs: Dublin, New York, Casablanca, Dubai, Hong Kong, and Tokyo.
Ali Ben Lmadani founded ABL Aviation in December 2014 as a company specializing in Ground Support Equipment (GSE).[citation needed] He had worked with an investment bank on Wall Street, handling deals for airlines like Emirates and Singapore Airlines.[citation needed] From 2016 to 2017, ABL Aviation concentrated on the "mid-life" aircraft segment.
The company moved its headquarters to Dublin, Ireland.[when?][1] Then, additional offices were opened in Casablanca,[2] Morocco,[3] Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Hong Kong, China.
In December 2018, ABL Aviation partnered with a Japanese conglomerate,[4] a financial conglomerate in Japan, to use Japanese Operating Lease (JOL) and Japanese Operating Lease with Call Option (JOLCO) financing structures.[5] The partnership concentrated on investments in new and midlife aircraft for commercial passenger and freight sectors.
Between 2020 and 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic, ABL Aviation and Ellington Management Group established a joint venture with a target of $800 million in aircraft assets by deploying capital and offering exposure to directly sourced deals in the global aviation industry.[6][7][8]
ABL Aviation partnered with airlines, such as Delta Air Lines,[9] Alaska Airlines,[10] American Airlines, Air France,[11] VietJet Air, El Al,[12] LATAM Airlines,[13] Pegasus Airlines,[14] Lufthansa, KLM,[15] Wizz Air,[16] Turkish Airlines,[17] Volaris, Eva Air,[18] T'Way Air, Virgin America, Atlas Air, Iberia Air and S7 Airlines.