Carlyle Aviation Partners

Carlyle Aviation is the aviation finance platform within the Global Credit business of The Carlyle Group. The company has provided financing and investment solutions to aircraft operators for over two decades. It invests across aircraft types and engine assets. It structures leasing and financing solutions for airline customers and other aviation industry participants. The company maintains a global footprint and industry relationships.

The company serves airline customers worldwide from offices in Miami, Dublin, and Singapore. Its portfolio covers commercial aircraft from major manufacturers along with engine assets. The business manages aircraft across different ages and market cycles. This experience informs its approach to asset management, risk analysis, and underwriting. It works to deliver capital across a mission critical, asset backed industry.

Carlyle Aviation invests across the aviation capital structure through leasing, lending, and liquid securities. This breadth allows it to evaluate opportunities across a range of aviation assets and financing structures. It adapts its approach to the needs of counterparties and investors. The company evaluates opportunities across a range of market environments.

The company acquires and manages commercial aircraft and engines for airline operators around the world. It draws on investment, technical, and asset management experience across the asset lifecycle. It provides secured financing solutions to aviation industry participants. This includes pre delivery payment financing for new commercial aircraft purchases and delivery commitments. It also provides management services for aircraft and engine assets.

The company invests in aviation and aviation related securities across public and structured markets. It applies a sector strategy to identify relative value opportunities. Its roots in mature aircraft part out gave it early experience with the physical and residual value of aviation assets. That asset level perspective continues to inform how it evaluates investments and manages aircraft throughout their economic lives. The perspective includes understanding underlying metal value.

The business was founded in Miami in 2002 as Apollo Aviation Group. It opened its Dublin office in 2007 and its Singapore office in 2008. The company joined Carlyle's Global Credit business in 2018 as its aviation investment platform. As of June 30, 2026, Carlyle Aviation reported $11.9 billion in assets under management and 326 aircraft owned or managed.

Services

• Aircraft leasing
• Aircraft lending
• Aviation securities
• Commercial aircraft and engine leasing
• Engine asset management
• Secured financing
• Pre delivery payment financing
• Aviation securities investing