Is Ireland's grip on the aircraft leasing industry in danger?

Analysis: Ireland's dominance in the global aircraft leasing industry is a genuine pillar of the Irish economy, but it's not a fixture that runs itself

Almost nobody boarding a flight thinks about who technically owns the aircraft they're sitting in. In most cases, the answer runs back through Dublin. Irish-based lessors now manage around 65% of the world's leased commercial aircraft fleet by value , almost always through special purpose vehicles holding title to a single aircraft, taking advantage of Irish tax and legal structuring built for exactly this purpose. It's a position built over three decades and now, per this year's industry reporting, entering a genuinely different phase - not because Ireland's grip is loosening, but because the ground underneath the industry has shifted.