ABL Aviation

ABL Aviation is a full-service aircraft asset management firm that provides "tailored leasing" and services to aviation investors and lessees, focusing on commercial aircraft. The company has its head office in Dublin, and other offices in New York, Casablanca, Tokyo, and Hong Kong.

History
Ali Ben Lmadani founded ABL Aviation in December 2014 as a company specializing in Ground Support Equipment (GSE). He had worked with an investment bank on Wall Street, handling deals for airlines like Emirates and Singapore Airlines. From 2016 to 2017, ABL Aviation concentrated on the "mid-life" aircraft segment.

The company moved its headquarters to Dublin, Ireland. Then, additional offices were opened in Casablanca,  Morocco,  Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Hong Kong, China.

In December 2018, ABL Aviation partnered with a Japanese conglomerate, a financial conglomerate in Japan, to use Japanese Operating Lease (JOL) and Japanese Operating Lease with Call Option (JOLCO) financing structures. 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.

ABL Aviation partnered with airlines, such as Delta Airlines, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Air France, VietJet Air, El Al, LATAM Airlines, Pegasus Airlines, Lufthansa, KLM, Wizz Air, Turkish Airlines, Volaris, Eva Air,  T'Way Air, Virgin America, Atlas Air, Iberia Air and S7 Airlines.

Membership
ABL Aviation is a member of the Aircraft Leasing Ireland (ALI) Sustainability Charter. The company also holds memberships in several associations, such as the Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association (AFRA), International Air Transport Association (IATA),   International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading (ISTAT), Aviation Working Group (AWG), Groupement des Industries Marocaines Aéronautiques & Spatiales (GIMAS)  and Casablanca Finance City (CFC).

Fleet
As of November 2023, ABL Aviation managed and originated a fleet of 78 Airbus and Boeing aircraft:
 * Airbus A220-100
 * Airbus A220-300
 * Airbus A320neo
 * Airbus A321-200
 * Airbus A321neo
 * Airbus A350-900
 * Boeing 787-8
 * Boeing 787-9
 * Boeing 787-10
 * B777-200LRF