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Finance & Services · Historical aircraft-leasing business · combined 2021
GE Capital Aviation Services · GECAS
Aircraft leasing, separate from aircraft-engine manufacturing.
Vintage-style artistic recreation of GE's historic businesses.
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Business history
GECAS was GE Capital’s aircraft-leasing business, serving airlines and other aviation customers.
AerCap acquired GECAS in 2021. Aircraft leasing should not be conflated with the propulsion and service businesses of GE Aerospace.
Historical references
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Major products & innovations
- ✦ Aircraft leasing
- ✦ Aviation financing
- ✦ Aircraft portfolio management
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Heritage illustration
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Employee memories
No approved memories from GE Capital Aviation Services · GECAS yet. Be the first to share one.
Share your story05
GE Jokes
The sixth why
We asked the five whys. We found the root cause. Then the manager asked a sixth why.
We're still in that conference room.
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GE Garfield
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GE Motivational Quotes
No turbine was ever built by one person. Every one of those hands mattered.
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GE Legend Collectable Cards
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GE Honorable Mentions
Know someone from GE Capital Aviation Services · GECAS who deserves recognition — or is it your own story?
Nominate a GE legend10
Related businesses
1932 origins · major exit announced 2015Finance & Services
GE Capital
Financing the appliances, and much more.
Most financial businesses divested; legacy insurance obligations retained.
Historic nameAviation & Aerospace
GE Aviation
Generations of engineers, machinists and test cell crews.
Now part of GE Aerospace.