Aviation industry stakeholders are screaming for solutions, and the need to build India’s aircraft leasing and financing infrastructure has never been more urgent.

As investors sought diversity, aircraft emerged towards delivering consistent returns and grew to be a very attractive asset class.

What started as a descent at the beginning of the year has become a nosedive.

As the coronavirus pandemic continues, India’s airlines are one of the most affected. Liquidity is constrained while losses are building up.

As Indian aviation struggles through what may be its greatest challenge to date, aircraft lessors will face challenges.

With IndiGo’s latest shopping trip for 300 Airbus planes, India’s airlines collectively have 1,200+ aircraft on order — more than double the existing Indian commercial aviation fleet.

Airlines, after all, require large amounts of capital for day-to-day operations.

Up to 80 percent of the current commercial aviation Indian fleet is leased.