About LCI

LCI is a leading aviation company which is uniquely positioned across the helicopter, commercial fixed-wing and advanced air mobility (AAM) sectors.

Since its inception in 2004, LCI has undertaken more than US$10billion of transactions in the helicopter, fixed-wing, and AAM markets and provided leasing services to airlines, freight carriers and helicopter operators. Past and present customers include major helicopter operators such as Avincis, Babcock and Omni, leading airlines like British Airways, Singapore Airlines and Air France.

LCI currently operates a fleet of around 150 helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, with over 200 on order. Its highly experienced and well-connected management team works closely with aircraft and engine manufacturers and major financial institutions.

LCI’s long-held fixed-wing strategy of undertaking aircraft investments timed with market cycles includes its US$1 billion fleet divestment in 2007, and its US$4.8 billion fleet investment and divestment cycles from 2008 to 2020.

In February 2012, LCI signed a $400 million contract for the purchase of a fleet of Leonardo helicopters on a five-year delivery schedule, signalling its breakthrough into the rotary wing aircraft sector whilst opening new markets to aviation leasing.

In December, LCI acquired Nova Capital Aviation (Ireland) Limited, a division of the Nova Capital Group, resulting in a substantial expansion of LCI’s leasing platform.

LCI signed an agreement with BETA Technologies in April 2022 to acquire up to 125 of their electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, and committed to up to a further 40 VTOL aircraft in January 2023 with an order for Elroy Air’s Chaparral.  In February 2024, LCI and Airbus announced a partnership for the development of AAM ecosystems

In 2024, LCI ordered up to 21 helicopters from both Airbus and Leonardo.

LCI is a signatory of Aircraft Leasing Ireland’s (ALI) Sustainability Charter, with a commitment to driving forward and achieving ESG related goals, centred around 10 priority sustainability principles, including a commitment to achieving net zero by 2050.

LCI is owned by Libra Group, a privately-owned international business group with assets and operations in nearly 60 countries, and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Company, Limited (SMFL).