AIP Capital, Bridgepoint and GFH Bank to build $1bn engine portfolio

Aviation investor AIP Capital and Bridgepoint are widening their partnership to include Bahrain's GFH Bank, with the three aiming to build an aircraft engine portfolio worth more than one billion dollars.

Aviation investor AIP Capital and investment firm Bridgepoint are expanding their cooperation to include Bahrain's GFH Bank. The three partners intend to build a portfolio of aircraft engines valued at more than one billion dollars.

The AIP Capital and Bridgepoint partnership dates from 2024 and initially focused on Leap-1B engines made by CFM International. In July 2026 the two companies agreed to buy eleven more engines of that type.

GFH is joining as a significant capital provider to a new joint investment platform. Funds managed by Bridgepoint are also supplying additional capital. No specific investment amounts were disclosed.

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  • aerotelegraph.comAIP Capital und Bridgepoint erweitern ihr Triebwerksportfolio im Milliardenwert um GFH Bank