Griffin Global Asset Management announced the agreement to purchase and leaseback two new Airbus A350-900 aircraft to Air France, featuring RR Trent XWB-84 engines. The first aircraft delivered on a long-term lease to Air France on Jan. 28; the second aircraft is scheduled for delivery in September.

“We are very pleased to announce this first transaction with Air France,” said Marc Baer, President of Griffin. “Our management team’s long relationship with Air France-KLM dates back decades, and these transactions affirm the great working relationship we have developed over that period. The A350-900 forms the core of Air France’s long-haul fleet renewal, and will be instrumental in achieving increased efficiency and economics well into the future.”