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Trading

Crestone acquires and sells commercial jet aircraft and engines, specializing in secondary market transactions during the final decade of the asset lifecycle.

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Leasing

Crestone leases commercial aircraft and engines to airlines worldwide, offering flexible, tailored solutions to meet each operator’s fleet needs.

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Investments

Crestone is a full-service aviation asset manager, investing in aircraft and engines for its capital partners. We focus on liquid assets with strong optionality, aiming to deliver risk-adjusted returns by optimizing residual maintenance value.

Why Crestone

Innovative Commercial Aircraft Asset Managers

With deep expertise across all aspects of transactions at scale, we follow a disciplined, analytics-driven investment approach. Our team brings decades of experience from leading commercial aviation companies.

A Well-Capitalized Partner

Backed by leading investment funds and wholly owned by Air T, Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRT), we bring substantial, committed capital. We execute complex, large-scale transactions quickly and collaboratively – from start to finish.

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Global Perspective

Crestone’s leadership brings over 100 years of global industry experience and strong relationships with airlines, lessors, and aviation asset owners – enabling us to unlock value from aging assets worldwide.

Lifecycle Asset Management

Crestone leverages the capabilities of Air T’s aviation subsidiaries – spanning disassembly, material sales, leasing, and storage – to deliver full lifecycle solutions that maximize aircraft value for customers and investors.