Air lessor SMBC Aviation to buy rival Goshawk - media reports

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19/11/2021 17:29

DUBLIN, Nov 19 (Reuters) - SMBC Aviation Capital, one of the
world's Top 5 aircraft lessors, is to buy smaller rival Goshawk,
the Irish Independent newspaper and AirFinance Journal trade
publication reported on Friday. 
    Both lessors declined to comment on the reports. 
    SMBC Aviation Capital, which is owned by a consortium
including Japan's Sumitomo Corp and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial
Group, has a fleet of 689 owned, managed and committed aircraft,
mostly Boeing  BA.N  and Airbus  AIR.PA  short-haul models,
according to its website. 
    Goshawk, a 50-50 joint venture between Hong Kong-based
conglomerate NWS Holdings Limited and Chow Tai Fook Enterprises
Limited, has an owned, managed and committed fleet which
consists of 222 aircraft, its website says.

 (Reporting by Conor Humphries;Editing by Elaine Hardcastle)
 ((conor.humphries@thomsonreuters.com; +353 1 236 1915;))