Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
CL Financing Diamond Limited; Aviation Capital Group LLC
BWB/Z-7185
On 23.12.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
CL Financing Diamond Limited, Cayman Islands, intends to indirectly acquire six commercial narrowbody aircraft, registered in Austria, Estonia, the United Arab Emirates and the United States of America, and the corresponding leasing agreements with commercial airlines from entities within the group of Aviation Capital Group LLC, United States of America.
O - ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT SERVICE ACTIVITIES O 77 - Rental and leasing activities, O 77.3 - Rental and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods, O 77.35 - Rental and leasing of air transport equipment
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 20.01.2026.
Entrepreneurs whose legal or economic interests are affected by the merger can bring in a written statement at the Federal Competition Authority or the Federal Cartel Prosecutor within 14 days from publication date.
Note: The intervening party has no right to a certain treatment of the statement and will not gain a party position.
Non-prohibition of the merger
The Federal Competition Authority and the Federal Cartel Prosecutor have not applied for examination of the merger by the Cartel Court. The standstill obligation (§ 17 (1) Cartel Act) ends with effect from 21.01.2026 .