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BACKGROUND AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2022
BACKGROUND AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION [Abstract] |
BACKGROUND AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION | 1. BACKGROUND AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION Background FTAI Aviation Ltd. (“we”, “us”, “our” or the “Company and formerly FTAI Finance Holdco Ltd.”) is a Cayman Islands exempted company which, through its subsidiaries, owns and leases aviation equipment. The Company was incorporated on December 8, 2017 and as of September 30, 2022, was wholly owned by Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LLC (the “Parent”). On November 10, 2022, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated August 12, 2022, by and among the Company, the Parent, and FTAI Aviation Merger Sub LLC, the Parent became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. In connection with the consummation of the merger, the Company’s corporate name was changed to FTAI Aviation Ltd., and the Company replaced the Parent as the publicly traded company. We consist of an equipment leasing business that owns and leases aviation equipment and also develops, manufactures, repairs and sells aftermarket components for aircraft engines. We have two reportable segments, (i) Aviation Leasing and (ii) Aerospace Products (see Note 12). During the third quarter of 2021, the Parent announced its plan to spin off its infrastructure business and separate into two distinct, publicly traded companies (the ‘‘Separation’’) comprising the infrastructure business and the equipment leasing business. As part of a restructuring for the Separation, the Company, the Parent and its subsidiaries completed a series of transactions which included the contribution of remaining interests in aviation legal entities to the Company. As a result, on March 31, 2022 the Company acquired a 100% interest in FTAI CHR JV Holdings LLC, a subsidiary that owns a 25% ownership interest in the Advanced Engine Repair JV, and a 100% interest in WWTAI Aviation LLC, a subsidiary that owns aviation assets. The Parent completed the spin-off of its infrastructure business into an independent publicly traded company on August 1, 2022. Basis of Presentation The accompanying consolidated financial statements were prepared on a standalone legal entity basis. These financial statements reflect the consolidated historical results of operations, financial position and cash flows of FTAI Aviation Ltd. in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). The transfer of a business between entities under common control that result in a change in reporting entity require retrospective combination of the entities for all periods presented as if the combination had been in effect since the inception of common control. The transfer of remaining aviation legal entities, as described above, represents a transfer of a business under a common control transaction which has been recorded at carrying value and accounted for retrospectively for all periods presented. Historically, separate financial statements have not been prepared for the Company and it has not operated as a standalone business separate from the Parent. The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared from Parent’s historical accounting records and are presented on a standalone basis as if the operations had been conducted independently from Parent. The historical results of operations, financial position, and cash flows of FTAI Aviation Ltd. represented in the consolidated financial statements may not be indicative of what they would have been had the Company actually been a separate standalone entity during such periods, nor are they necessarily indicative of our future results of operations, financial position, and cash flows. The assets and liabilities in the consolidated financial statements have been reflected on a historical cost basis. Corporate Function The consolidated financial statements include all revenues and costs directly attributable to FTAI Aviation Ltd. and an allocation of certain expenses. The Parent is externally managed by Fortress Investment Group LLC (the ‘‘Manager’’), which performs the Parent’s corporate function (‘‘Corporate’’), and incurs a variety of expenses including, but not limited to, information technology, accounting, treasury, tax, legal, corporate finance and communications. For purposes of the Consolidated Statements of Operations, an allocation of these expenses is included to reflect our portion of such corporate overhead from the Parent. The charges reflected have either been specifically identified or allocated based on an estimate of time spent on the Company. These allocated costs are recorded in General and administrative, and Acquisition and transaction expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. We believe the assumptions regarding allocations of the Parent’s corporate expenses are reasonable. Nevertheless, the allocations may not be indicative of the actual expense that would have been incurred had FTAI Aviation Ltd. operated as an independent, standalone public entity, nor are they indicative of FTAI Aviation Ltd.’s future expenses. Actual costs that may have been incurred if we had been a standalone company would depend on a number of factors, including the organizational structure, what functions were outsourced or performed by employees and strategic decisions made in areas such as information technology and infrastructure. The Parent funded our operating and investing activities as needed. Cash transfers to and from the Parent are reflected in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows as ‘‘Capital contributions from Parent” and “Capital distributions to Parent”. Refer to Note 11 for additional discussion on corporate costs allocated from the Parent that are included in these consolidated financial statements. Unaudited interim financial information The accompanying interim consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2022, the consolidated statements of operations, changes in equity and cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 are unaudited. These unaudited interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. In the opinion of our management, the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as the audited consolidated financial statements and include all adjustments necessary for the fair statement of our financial position as of September 30, 2022, the results of operations, changes in equity and cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021. The results of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2022 or for any other period.

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