BOC Aviation will buy and lease back three Boeing 737-8s to new customer Akasa Air, with deliveries scheduled to begin in January 2026. The purchase-and-leaseback provides immediate fleet financing and expands Akasa’s narrowbody capacity as it scales operations.
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BOC Aviation will purchase and lease back three Boeing 737-8s to Akasa Air, with deliveries from January 2026 — a clear, quantifiable fleet financing transaction supporting short-to-medium term capacity.
The deal underscores persistent lessor demand for 737-8/737 MAX placements and the role of lease structures in airline growth; similar narrowbody placements and lessor activity have appeared in recent market deals (see the AJet 737 MAX 8 placements and other 737-8 leasing actions such as the Aeroitalia dry-lease agreement).
The arrangement aligns with Akasa’s expansion trajectory — including its IPO consideration and pilot recruitment push — and demonstrates how external financing underpins fleet scaling timelines and delivery planning.
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(NL) Akasa Air leases three Boeing 737 MAX-8s from BOC Aviation • pilootenvliegtuig.nl
(FR) BOC Aviation to finance 3 Boeing 737-8s for Akasa Air • Le Journal de l’Aviation