Credit: Udvar-Hazy Family One of the biggest achievements of Steven Udvar-Hazy’s storied career has been a decades-old secret to most in the industry: It was he who leased Ryanair its first few ...

Aircraft leasing pioneer Udvar-Házy was born in Budapest, Hungary, and moved to the United States with his family in 1958, fleeing Soviet occupation. He got his first taste of aircraft leasing ...

The National Air and Space Museum director reflects on the Udvar-Hazy Center’s two-decade history. Christopher U. Browne The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center’s Boeing Aviation Hangar has the ...

The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near Washington Dulles International Airport is the companion facility to the museum in Washington, D.C. Hundreds of historically significant air- and spacecraft, along ...

Aircraft leasing, which gave airlines a new way to finance planes, has largely been the brainchild of Udvar-Hazy. Power is not just about who holds the top job but who shapes the landscape, drives ...

Airplane-leasing billionaire Steven Udvar-Hazy hates to wait. When the chief executive of Air Lease Corp. is ready to take off in his Gulfstream IV jet from Los Angeles’ Van Nuys Airport one ...

Steven Udvar-Hazy can claim something few people can. He invented an industry sector: aircraft leasing. The Hungarian-born-and-California-raised businessman did so more than 50 years ago ...

LOS ANGELES, March 13, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Air Lease Corporation (NYSE: AL) ("ALC" or the "Company") today announced that Executive Chairman Steven Udvar-Házy will retire on May 2, 2025 ...

Air Lease (AL) “announced that Executive Chairman Steven Udvar-Hazy will retire on May 2, 2025, following the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Mr. Udvar-Hazy will continue to ...

Air Lease Corporation (NYSE: AL) (“ALC” or the “Company”) today announced that Executive Chairman Steven Udvar-Házy will retire on May 2, 2025, following the Company’s 2025 Annual ...