Aircraft Leasing in Ireland 2018

^{Please note: Tangible Fixed Assets have been suppressed from 2015 to 2018 due to confidentiality.}

The balance sheet grew by almost 225% between the end of 2009 and the end of 2018. This reflects an annual growth rate of 14%. The largest increase came in 2014, due to new entrants when assets increased by 72%. The industry experienced its lowest growth in 2018, with growth of just 1%. The combined total of tangible fixed assets and other assets grew by 226% over the period, in line with the overall balance sheet, growing by 65% in 2014. In comparison, debtors grew by 342% in 2014, rising from €3.8bn to €17.0bn, the largest recorded rise of any asset class.

In 2009, the industry was financed primarily through loans (41.5%) and equity (34.7%). The new entrants to the market in 2014 raised the proportion of loan-financing from 50.7% to 61.4%. It fell by almost 8% to 53.7% the following year but rebounded to 60% in 2016 and continued to grow.

Equity funding has fallen to less than 22% in 2018 while loans have increased to over 64%. Bonds, notes and other funding have fallen from a combined 20% to 10% during the period. Equity funding fell to its lowest level, 21.9%, in 2018.