Aircastle Limited is an aircraft leasing company that acquires, leases and sells commercial jet aircraft to airlines around the world. It has its headquarters in

Stamford, Connecticut Stamford () is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, outside of New York City. It is the sixth-most populous city in New England. Stamford is also the largest city in the Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, Weste ...

, with offices in

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and

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. Aircastle was incorporated on October 29, 2004. , Aircastle owns and managed 277 aircraft leased to 87 lessees located in 48 countries. From August 2006 to March 2020, Aircastle traded on the

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under the ticker symbol AYR. On November 6, 2019, Aircastle reached a merger agreement with

Marubeni (, OSE: 8002, NSE: 8002) is a '' sōgō shōsha'' (general trading company) headquartered in Otemachi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the largest ''sogo shosha'' and has leading market shares in cereal and paper pulp trading as wel ...

and Mizuho Leasing at a price of per share, for a company valuation of billion; Marubeni was previously Aircastle's largest shareholder. The acquisition was completed on March 27, 2020.

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Aircastle Ltd
{{Authority control Companies based in Stamford, Connecticut Companies formerly listed on the New York Stock Exchange Leasing companies Marubeni Mizuho Financial Group