The register
The register lists FTAI AirOpCo UK Ltd in Cardiff as a licensed sponsor on Skilled Worker and Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, 2 routes in all, and has done since at least 2026. The register records its rating as Worker (A rating).
Companies House lists it as Ftai Airopco UK Ltd, number 10865285, incorporated 2017: 9 years of filings behind the name. Registered office: C/O Ftai Airopco Uk Ltd, Floor 2, 2, Callaghan Square, Cardiff, CF10 5BT, CF10 5BT. Its filed activity puts it in business services.
Holding a licence is the expensive, slow part done. For FTAI AirOpCo UK Ltd the question each time is only whether the role and the pay fit the current rules, and that is checked per vacancy.