Irish aircraft leasing firm leads business exodus from Russia 

Efforts to take back aircraft could be made easier by the fact that a large number of Russian jets are registered elsewhere.

Western firms are leaving Vladimir Putin's Russia in their droves.

Irish-based aircraft leasing firm AerCap Holdings is part of a growing exodus of Western businesses from Russia as sanctions tighten against the country over its invasion of Ukraine.

AerCap — which is headquartered in Dublin and has its shares listed in New York – has more than 150 planes in Russia, but said it will comply with the measures imposed by the EU, US, and others against Moscow.