I'd like to welcome everyone to AerSale's fourth quarter and full year 2025 earnings call. A reconciliation of those Non-GAAP metrics to the nearest GAAP metric can be found in the earnings presentation materials made available on the Investors section of the AerSale website at ir.aersale.com. Our fourth quarter Adjusted EBITDA increased $2.2 million or 17.1% to $15.2 million, compared to $13 million in the fourth quarter of 2024. Fourth quarter revenue was $90.9 million, a 4% decrease from the prior year period.

Excluding flight equipment sales, which tend to be volatile quarter to quarter, fourth quarter revenue actually increased 9.8%, reflecting continued growth across our component MROs, USM, and leasing. This overall growth has improved profitability and provides more consistency in our quarter-over-quarter performance. This also led to improvement in our Adjusted EBITDA, supported by stronger operating performance and the continued benefits of the efficiency initiatives we implemented in early 2025. For the full year, we generated $335.3 million in total revenue, a decrease of $9.8 million or 2.8% year-over-year, primarily due to fewer flight equipment sales.

Excluding flight equipment sales, full year revenue increased 18.7%, driven by stronger USM demand, higher average lease rates and asset yields, and robust growth in sales at our component MROs and of AerSafe products. Full year Adjusted EBITDA also increased $12.8 million to $46.1 million, up 38.2% year-over-year, reflecting higher volumes, favorable mix, and margin and cost benefits from our efficiency program. During the fourth quarter of 2025, we acquired $15.4 million of feedstock, bringing full year acquisitions to $99.6 million. While the feedstock environment remains constrained, we have been steadfast in our disciplined acquisition pricing and believe opportunities will improve as OEM production normalizes.

What went well
  • Full-year Adjusted EBITDA jumped 38.2% to $46.1 million (from $33.4 million) on higher volumes, favorable mix and efficiency savings.
  • Excluding lumpy flight-equipment sales, full-year revenue grew 18.7% and Asset Management revenue grew 47.3% on strong USM demand and higher lease rates.
  • Fourth-quarter Adjusted EBITDA rose 17.1% to $15.2 million and revenue excluding flight-equipment sales grew 9.8%, improving consistency.
  • TechOps full-year gross margin expanded sharply to 25.6% from 16.6%, and Q4 TechOps revenue rose 10.7% on new aerostructures and landing-gear contracts.
  • Completed the MRO expansion build-out: Millington went fully operational under a multiyear regional-airline agreement, a new 90,000-square-foot aerostructures facility opened, and the landing-gear shop won FAA approval to overhaul 737 MAX and 787 gear.
  • Ended 2025 with two 757 freighters on lease and two more under letters of intent, with management bullish given cargo demand and the FAA MD-11 freighter grounding.
What went wrong
  • Full-year revenue declined 2.8% to $335.3 million and fourth-quarter revenue fell 4% due to fewer flight-equipment (engine) sales.
  • The feedstock market stayed hypercompetitive; the win rate fell to 4.8% in Q4 (from 17.2%) and to 6% for the year, and management expects lower feedstock purchases in 2026.
  • Asset Management fourth-quarter revenue fell 11.1% and full-year revenue fell 1.8% on fewer whole-asset sales.
  • Five converted 757 freighters remained in inventory awaiting placement at year-end.
  • Operating activities used $23 million of cash on feedstock investment, and cash on hand was just $4.4 million.
  • Pratt GTF engine returns are expected to drag into 2027, delaying the return-to-service work opportunity, and AerSafe sales will diminish significantly after the November 2026 FQIS AD deadline.

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Reported 2026-03-05 · figures from the AerSale Corp Q4 2025 earnings call.

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