- Emirates leases aircraft from the Flight Invest 50 and 51 funds for another five years.
- Flight Invest 49 sells aircraft components to Australian company
- Double-digit payouts and total fund returns of 125% to 150%

Dortmund, January 21, 2026 – The owner-managed Dr. Peters Group, through its subsidiary DS Aviation GmbH, has successfully secured lease extensions with Emirates for the Airbus A380 aircraft held by two open-ended investment funds. These funds are Flight Invest 50 and Flight Invest 51, launched in 2012 and 2014, respectively. At the same time, DS Aviation GmbH successfully continued its efforts to sell further Airbus A380s from the Flight Invest 49 fund, launched in 2010. Investors in the three funds, which the Dr. Peters Group acquired from Corestate subsidiary Hannover Leasing at the end of 2021, are thus expected to see total returns of between 125% and 150%, a result that is considered entirely positive given the uncertainties and challenges surrounding the A380.

Thanks to DS Aviation’s excellent contacts with Emirates, both parties reached an agreement in recent weeks to extend the lease agreements for the two aircraft in the Flight Invest 50 and 51 funds by five years each, until December 2030 and August 2031, respectively. As a result of the contract extension, investors in Flight Invest 50 received a payout of 16.8% in December 2025. Investors in Flight Invest 51 received a payout of 15% in the summer of 2025. A further payout of 12% was made in the middle of this month in connection with the extension.

Emirates secures purchase option for the aircraft of the Flight Invest 50 and 51 funds

Beyond extending the lease agreements, the Dr. Peters subsidiary also agreed to purchase options with Emirates at the end of each extension period. This provides a real chance for a successful sale of the two aircraft.

Meanwhile, the Flight Invest 49 fund is nearing a successful conclusion. The fund’s Airbus A380 had been in service with Singapore Airlines since 2010. Just over a year and a half after the Dr. Peters Group acquired the fund, Flight Invest 49 investors decided to take back the aircraft, which the lessee had parked in Alice Springs, Australia, since the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of the return, Singapore Airlines paid all outstanding lease payments due until the end of the lease agreement in late August 2025 in a single payment. The fund then sold the aircraft’s engines to Singapore Airlines. Thus, a significant portion of the aircraft’s value was converted into distributable cash as early as 2023.

Investors in Flight Invest 49 are expected to achieve a total return of over 140%.

At the end of 2025, thanks to intensive efforts by DS Aviation, the remaining aircraft parts were successfully sold to an Australian company. This sale eliminated both the costs of further storing the removed components and the ongoing fund expenses that would have accrued over several years had the parts been sold individually. Following the transfer of the aircraft parts and payment of the purchase price, the fund investors received a distribution of 4% at the end of 2025. A further 4% distribution is planned for summer 2026. The total return of capital for shareholders after the liquidation is therefore expected to exceed 140%.

Kristina Salamon, Managing Partner of the Dr. Peters Group, commented: “Thanks to the highly professional work of our experienced asset managers at DS Aviation, we have succeeded in achieving the best possible results for all three A380 funds that we acquired at the end of 2021. We are very pleased that, following Flight Invest 49, we will also achieve positive results for the investors of the Flight Invest 50 and 51 funds.”