Dr. Andriof has more than 22 years of industry and leadership experience. Prior to joining Aircraft Finance Germany in 2023, he held senior leadership positions at Titan Aviation Leasing, most recently as Chief Operating Officer. Dr. Joerg Andriof was leading the day-to-day management and ongoing development of Titan Singapore’s activities including customer targeting, customer acquisition, aircraft acquisition and placement, financial planning and reporting, and operations and strategic development. Earlier, he held senior level positions at DHL Express, Lufthansa and KPMG.

Dr. Andriof has a Diploma in Business and Engineering. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial and Business Studies from Warwick Business School, UK.

Mr. Fei Chen joins Aircraft Finance Germany after an accomplished career spanning over two decades in the aviation industry. He brings to AFG his vast experience in airline operations and aircraft leasing. Mr. Chen started his aviation career in 2002 with Hainan Airlines and worked in leading roles for the airline in aircraft acquisitions and leasing. In 2009, he joined the Aviation Leasing Division of Minsheng Financial Leasing. At Minsheng he served successively as corporate jet sales manager, the head of Corporate Jet Acquisitions and Operations, and as Vice President of the division. Before joining AFG, Mr. Chen spent nearly eight years in the commercial aviation leasing division of Minsheng Financial Leasing in the role of Deputy CEO.

Fei is based in Dublin, Ireland.

On 11 July 2022, AFG Aviation Ireland Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aircraft Finance Germany, completed the acquisition of one (1) Airbus A330-200 bearing MSN 926 from a subsidiary of French shipping giant CMA CGM S.A.

The aircraft will shortly be ferried to Teruel Airport (Spain) for storage while it awaits conversion with Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH (EFW).

AFG‘s Peter Koster, Head of Freighter Lease and Trading, comments: “We are very pleased with our acquisition of this strong asset from CMA CGM. We are bullish regarding the long-term outlook for the air freight industry and this aircraft will perform nicely post conversion as a full freighter.”

AFG Aviation Ireland Limited (AFG), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aircraft Finance Germany GmbH, is pleased to announce the sale of one Boeing 747-8JA bearing serial number 40065 to The Boeing Company. AFG ferried the aircraft on April 15 from Basel, Switzerland to Marana, Arizona. CEO Christian Nuehlen comments: “We are more than pleased that the aircraft has found such a good home at Boeing. I would like to thank both AFG’s team and the team at Boeing for their hard work and dedication to this project.”

“It was a pleasure to partner with AFG on this transaction,” said Thomas Hansen, vice president of asset management for Boeing Capital Corporation. “The AFG team are experienced and dedicated professionals and we look forward to continuing our successful relationship.”

AFG Aviation Ireland Limited (Ireland), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aircraft Finance Germany GmbH (Germany), on 21 December 2021 completed the acquisition of one (1) Airbus A330-200 aircraft bearing MSN 883 from Doric Flugzeugfonds Zweite GmbH & Co. KG (Germany). AFG placed the aircraft with its customer Yemen Airways Co. – Yemenia (Yemen) for the airline to resume its A330 operations.