# AerCap to acquire GE Capital Aviation Services

AerCap Holdings N.V. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of GE Capital Aviation Services from General Electric, creating a combined company with over 2,000 aircraft.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2021-03-10
- Where: United States
- Value: $24.0B
- Status: announced
- Products: aircraft leasing services

## Companies

- [General Electric](https://endata.com/companies/1262.md)
- [General Electric](https://endata.com/companies/1262.md) (partner)
- [AerCap](https://endata.com/companies/20782.md) (acquirer)
- [GE Capital Aviation Services](https://endata.com/companies/53751.md) (target)

## Sources

- [aercap.com](https://www.aercap.com/news-media/press-releases/detail/444/aercap-to-acquire-ge-capital-aviation-services), 2021-03-10: "AerCap will acquire 100% of GE Capital Aviation Services ("GECAS"), a GE business."
- [businesswire.com](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210310005447/en/GE-Announces-Combination-of-GECAS-and-AerCap), 2021-03-10: "Today marks GE's transformation to a more focused, simpler, and stronger industrial company."
- [payloadasia.com](https://payloadasia.com/2021/03/aercap-gecas-merger-forms-worlds-biggest-jet-lessor/), 2021-03-12: "The combined company will be one of aviation leasing's leading franchises, bringing together complementary portfolios across aircraft, engines, and helicopters."

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