In April 2014, International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) announced a deal to purchase eight Airbus A330-200 and

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In April 2014, International Lease Finance (ILFC) announced a deal to purchase eight Airbus A330-200 and A350-900 passenger aircraft. ILFC then signed a long-term lease contract on the planes with Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras to be used for flights from Brazil to the United States.
Why would ILFC be willing to buy planes from Boeing and then lease them to Azul? How is this different from just lending money to Azul to buy planes?
Corporation
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