The Airbus A380 relied too much on a single customer, which was likely paying below average price for the aircraft, according to Adam Pilarski, senior vice-president at AVITAS. Download the PDF Version – How come king of the skies appears to be on life support? The Boeing flagship 747 was often called the “queen of […]
Widebody airframe maintenance costs featured at Airfinance Investors’ Masterclass in Korea, February 2018.
With a downturn on the horizon, a surfeit of new market players that have not been through one before is disconcerting, writes Adam Pilarski, Senior Vice-President at AVITAS Download the PDF Version – The underappreciated value of experience and its relevance today December 26 was the anniversary of Chairman Mao’s birth. The Chinese government is […]
A quick overview of the AVITAS Online Value System showing how easy, powerful and accessible the system is to obtain both aircraft and engine values (with a little humor thrown in!)
Airlines and original equipment manufacturers are showing signs of wanting to restrict competition, writes Adam Pilarski, Senior Vice-President at AVITAS Download the PDF Version – A Provocative View of Globalisation’s Future The past few decades are the age of globalisation. The world is getting smaller and much more interconnected. Trade has been growing in line […]
What Goes Up Must Come Down Middle East order backlog for widebody aircraft now totals about 700 aircraft. The order backlog in this region has risen rapidly from ten years ago and now represents about 30% of worldwide widebody aircraft orders. Of significance is the relationship between oil price and orders for widebody airplanes. As […]
The big three Middle Eastern carriers grew at an unprecedented rate, despite having no real domestic basis to justify it, says Adam Pilarski, Senior Vice-President at AVITAS. Download the PDF Version – Middle East slowdown has profound implications on aviation Recent developments in the Middle East dampened the overall positive outlook for aviation experienced by […]
With Alitalia in bankruptcy (amministrazione straordinaria in Italian), which lessors have exposure? Alitalia has an aircraft fleet of just over 100 aircraft; the list above indicates some of the more prominent lessors who own aircraft deployed by Alitalia Their most popular aircraft with lessors is the A320-200 followed by A330-200s AerCap with seven aircraft, followed by […]
Narrowbody aircraft dominate the commercial aircraft landscape in absolute fleet terms As of April 2017, there are almost 16,000 NB aircraft in service worldwide with an order backlog of almost 11,000, a record number Widebody and regional jet aircraft are diminished in comparison And, the disparity is likely to get larger: the backlog of NBs […]
Passenger and Air Cargo growth strong and sustained Both passenger and cargo traffic registering robust growth over last four years Passenger traffic has averaged 6.1% growth during past 50 months; cargo, 4.8% All major world regions with strong growth performance Main drivers of growth continue to be economic, market liberalization, and global trade However, some […]