Nordic Aviation Capital

Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) is an aircraft leasing company with offices in Ireland, Denmark, Singapore, Hong Kong, Beijing, Toronto and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. NAC owns the world's largest fleet of regional aircraft.[1][2]

Nordic Aviation Capital
IndustryAircraft Leasing
Headquarters
Limerick
,
Ireland
ParentEQT Partners (54% shareholding)
Websitewww.nac.dk

History

The company was founded in 1990 by Martin Møller Nielsen, and had its initial headquarters in Skive, Denmark.

In 2004, Nordic Aviation Capital moved its headquarters to Billund. A new office in Ireland was also opened in the same year.

In August 2015, the Swedish capital fund EQT Partners became the majority shareholder in NAC.[3]

EQT Partners announced it would be putting up its 54% shareholding for sale in October 2018.[4]

In January 2020, NAC opened its new headquarters in Limerick, Ireland.[5]

Fleet

As of June 2021, the Nordic Aviation Capital fleet consists of the following aircraft:[6]

Nordic Aviation Capital fleet
Aircraft Owned Managed Total
ATR 72 163 - 163
Embraer 190/195 146 - 146
De Havilland Canada Dash 8 90 - 90
ATR 42 37 - 37
Embraer 170/175 28 - 28
Bombardier CRJ900/1000 16 - 16
Airbus A220 - 7 7
Total 480 7 487


Aircraft leasing

Tarom

Tarom has agreed to lease 9 ATR 72-600 aircraft from Nordic Aviation Capital, with deliveries expected from October 2019 until 2021. They are to replace existing ATR 42-500 and ATR 72-500 aircraft.[7]

References
  1. "About us - Nordic Aviation Capital". Nordic Aviation Capital.
  2. "Nordic Aviation Capital: the world's largest regional aircraft lessor".
  3. eqt. "Nordic Aviation Capital - EQT". Eqtpartners.com. Retrieved 2018-11-20.
  4. Daga, Anshuman. "EQT puts Nordic Aviation Capital up for sale".
  5. "Nordic Aviation Capital fleet reaches 500 aircraft, celebrates the opening of its new HQ in Limerick, Ireland and posts its strongest first-half financial performance to date". Nordic Aviation Capital. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
  6. "Our Fleet". Nordic Aviation Capital. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  7. "Turboprops for Tarom". Airliner World. August 2019: 11.
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