By Brazil Stock Guide – Banco Bradesco S.A. (BBDC4, BBDC3) is launching a dollar-denominated credit line for the purchase and refinancing of executive aircraft, expanding its offering for high-income clients in a niche where wealth management, corporate mobility and international assets meet.
The new product, called Aircraft Financing, will be offered by Bradesco Bank, the group’s U.S. subsidiary based in Miami. The credit line allows clients to finance up to 75% of the value of new or pre-owned jets, with the aircraft itself used as collateral. Repayment terms can reach ten years.
Credit for the wealthy
The launch is taking place during the Catarina Aviation Show 2026, one of Brazil’s main executive aviation events, held from May 21 to May 23 at São Paulo Catarina Executive International Airport, in São Roque, outside São Paulo. Bradesco Global Private Bank is the event’s master sponsor.
During the fair, clients will have access to differentiated commercial conditions, including a partial waiver of the structuring fee and a reduction in the transaction spread. The strategy targets clients with dollarized assets, international operations and demand for more sophisticated credit solutions.
Executive aviation push
Leandro Karam, director of Bradesco Global Private Bank, said the initiative is aimed at meeting growing demand in executive aviation, driven by new buyers entering the market and by increased family and corporate use of aircraft.
The legal structure was designed to operate both in Brazil and abroad, with guarantees and documentation adapted to Brazilian and international regulatory environments. For the bank, the product allows clients to use a high-value asset — the aircraft — as collateral while preserving liquidity.
Miami as a platform
Bradesco Bank in Miami will serve as the platform for the new line. Carlos Leibowicz, CEO of the subsidiary, said the product reinforces the bank’s strategy of offering global, tailor-made financial solutions to high-income clients, allowing them to finance aircraft in dollars through an international structure.
The move also strengthens Bradesco’s presence in businesses linked to wealth management, structured credit and luxury assets. The bank says it leads Brazil’s leasing market, with more than 60% market share, and is now trying to bring that experience to a more globalized segment of executive aviation.
Market read
The initiative is small compared with the balance sheet of a bank the size of Bradesco, but strategically relevant. Instead of competing only in traditional credit, the bank is seeking to capture wealthy clients through more complex, dollar-based and highly customized transactions.
In the end, Aircraft Financing shows Bradesco trying to sell more than credit. It is selling wealth structuring, international access and convenience to a client base that increasingly sees private aircraft not only as luxury assets, but also as tools for mobility, business and wealth management.