It is true.... just make sure you do the maths right. Remember, AM only have 24 days per month.
Leasing will help you if: you know how much money you will make with that plane in certain routes.
If you never lease any planes... you will take a looooooooooong time to get your first jet.
For example:
normally a 500 nm route will gives you a $100,000 return in 6 frequencies a day with 50-seater passenger plane. If you can cope with the competition, you'll at least earn $ 2,000,000 per month (assume that your DOP is decreasing due to increasing competition). And in world 4, i found that the market rate to lease a 50-seater plane is between 800,000 to 1,200,000 (Dehaviland Canada (now Bombardier) Dash 8Q300). Leasing rate <$ 1,000,000 is a very good deal for sure. Cause you'll be making $ 1,000,000 more every month from that leased Dash 8Q300.
Now leasing doesn't seem too risky isn't it?
Plane owners, if you have a very marketable aircraft (e.g. ATR-72, Dash8Q300, and Boeing 737), instead of selling them out, why not lease? You'll get constant revenue no? Unless you need the money immidiately. (i tell you this because i found that the used aircraft sales market is far bigger than the leasing market here, which is a bit funny).
