
[C-01]Lease returns
Lease returns
Redelivery is where a lease gets settled in detail. Jet Research represents the lessor or the airline from the first records request to the signed return certificate.
- 237
- Lease Return projects
- 29
- Countries
- 12
- Aircraft families
- 600
- Projects in the full log
2015 to 2024
For this work
For this work
2015 to 2024
[C-01.1]Scope
What the work covers.
- 01Return condition matrixEvery redelivery condition in the lease mapped to the evidence that will prove it, before the inspection starts.
- 02Physical inspectionAirframe, cabin, landing gear and powerplants inspected against the conditions and photographed.
- 03Records reviewAirworthiness directives, life limited parts, hard time components, repairs and modifications checked to source documents.
- 04Witnessed testsEngine borescopes, power assurance runs and demonstration flights attended and reported.

[C-01.2]Deliverables
What the client receives.
Reports are written to be acted on, and to stand up if they are ever read by the other side.
- 01Daily status report
- 02Open item list with references and photographs
- 03Redelivery report and records index
[C-01.3]From the project log
237 logged. Where the experience sits.
Aircraft families with the most lease return projects in the firm's log, 2015 to 2024.
- 70
- 737 Next Generation
- 66
- A320
- 37
- 737 Classic
- 23
- A319
[CAP-A]Transactions
Related capabilities.
- C-02Lease acceptancesTechnical acceptance of aircraft coming on lease, measured against the delivery conditions.
- C-03Pre-purchase inspectionsPhysical and records inspection before the money moves.
- C-04RepossessionsRecovery, condition survey and records reconstruction for lessors and lenders.
- C-05Aircraft deliveriesDelivery representation for new and used aircraft.
[EW]If it becomes a dispute
The same work, on the record.
The people who do this work every week also give expert opinions on it in litigation, arbitration and insurance matters.
[C-01.R]Further reading
From the insights.
- INT-01Aircraft lease return conditions: what has to be proven at redeliveryWhat aircraft lease return conditions cover, why most of the proof is in the records, when a redelivery should start and where returns usually go wrong.
- INT-06Lease return disputes: the technical questions they turn onThe technical questions at the centre of aircraft lease return disputes, the evidence that answers them and what a technical expert contributes.
[00]Start here
Put the aircraft on the record.
A transaction to close, a redelivery in dispute, or a case that needs a technical opinion. One call reaches the people who do the work.
