For an airworthy service

Independent Consultancy for Commercial Aircraft Lease Transitions

Trusted by leasing companies worldwide for seamless redeliveries, on-lease deliveries, technical inspections, and parts sourcing — backed by nearly two decades of hands-on experience across global fleets.

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What We Do

Services

Lease Returns & Deliveries

Full management of end-of-lease redeliveries and on-lease deliveries between operators. Work pack review, compliance verification, and on-site technical representation through to acceptance — with particular depth in technical records review, reconstruction, and digitisation, the area that most often stalls a transition.

Pre-Purchase Inspections

Independent technical due diligence for asset acquisition. Records review, physical aircraft inspection, and assessment of maintenance status against contractual and regulatory standards.

Mid-Term Lease Inspections

Scheduled inspections during the lease term to verify lessee compliance with maintenance, modification, and records-keeping obligations. Early detection of issues that could affect redelivery.

Audits & Parts Sourcing

Operator, MRO, and CAMO audits to support lessor risk management. Sourcing of aircraft parts, components, and rotables through our trusted network of suppliers and brokers.

About

Nearly Two Decades on the Ramp, in the Records Room, and at the Negotiating Table

Snippe Aviation OÜ is led by Marco Snippe, an experienced aviation consultant who has completed lease transitions on commercial aircraft across the globe. With nearly two decades in the industry (in aviation since 2007) and a BEng in Aeronautics, Marco has built a reputation among aircraft lessors as a reliable, technically thorough partner for the moments when an asset changes hands.

Career began in an aircraft engineering airworthiness department and progressed through a postholder maintenance role at a commercial operator before moving into consulting on lease transitions — operator-side experience that informs every lessor engagement today. The work is hands-on: reviewing end-of-lease work packs, inspecting aircraft on the line, organising and digitising technical records, and representing the lessor's interest from induction through delivery. When a project needs additional capacity, Snippe Aviation draws on a trusted network of long-time collaborators.

Project portfolio spans Airbus A320 and A330 families, Boeing 737, 767, 777 and 787, Embraer E170/E190/E195, ATR 42 and 72, and Fokker 100 — delivered to and returned from operators across Europe, the Middle East, South America and Australia.

A particular specialty is technical records — review, gap analysis, reconstruction, and digitisation. Records discrepancies are the issue that most often delays a redelivery, triggers commercial disputes, or surfaces uncomfortably during pre-purchase due diligence. Snippe Aviation is the partner lessors call when the paperwork has to be right.

Since 2007 In Aviation
BEng Aeronautics
Global Project Reach
Indep. Conflict-Free
Marco Snippe in the cockpit
The Network

Trusted Associates

For larger projects or complementary expertise, Snippe Aviation collaborates with a small group of senior independent consultants. We have worked side by side on many transitions and know each other's strengths.

Associate

Bart Mak

In aviation since 1983, running his own engineering consultancy since 2002. Extensive hands-on experience on the shop floor and in engineering roles. BSc in Aeronautics with a post-graduate diploma in Airworthiness from Cranfield University.

Associate

Frederico Morgado

More than three decades in aviation asset management, with deep experience across the lessor and operator sides of commercial aircraft transactions. Holds an MSc in Aeronautics.

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Contact

For project enquiries, availability, or a confidential discussion about an upcoming lease transition, please reach out directly.

Registered Office

Pärnu mnt 388b
11612 Tallinn
Estonia