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An update on the status of the Paris 2017 orders

All Airbus and Boeing firm orders announced at the 2017 Paris air show have been checked by our data team and compared against OEM data.

Boeing

The latest Boeing weekly online update was for the week ending 27th June, where there were no further updates. Paris firm orders were recorded the week ending Sunday 25th June in Fleets Analyzer and Ascend Fleet databases.

The June monthly Airbus & Boeing Market status reports will be supplied to us over the coming week. We expect Boeing to formally announce the large amount of 737 MAX conversions to the -MAX 10. At this time, we do not currently show MAX 7/8/9 to MAX 10 conversions within Fleets Analyzer and Ascend Fleets until officially confirmed.

Airbus

We are expecting confirmation on the Airbus order book post-Paris shortly (3-10th July).

All other OEM’s are up to date.

In summary, we estimate that all data in Fleets Analyzer and Ascend Fleets (including type and series conversions) will reflect the Paris Order announcements + recent delivery status by Wednesday 12th July.

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Looking for the original owner of aircraft

During one of our training sessions at the recent Paris air show, we had a request to bring in “original owner” as a field, in the same way that we have “original operator”. Original operator is a field that was brought into Fleets Analyzer as it was available in our legacy products and is often used by customers. There are nine different company roles that can link a company to a specific aircraft, and operator is just one. Although original owner cannot be added in the same way as original operator, it can still be found (as could original manager etc.).

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737 Max 10

In line with Boeing’s launch of the 737 Max 10, we have created a new sub series (and master series). Any new order announcements, as well as any model changes, will show under the “new” Max 10 sub series.

Figure 1. 737 Max orders
Figure 1. 737 Max 10 orders

 

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Release Notes v8.12

Features added during this release:

  • Aircraft Base Location
  • Minor Variant added to aircraft profile history grid

Aircraft base location is described in a separate article.

Minor Variant added to aircraft profile history grid

On the History tab of individual aircraft profiles, we’ve added the Minor Variant column to the grid, so that you can see any changes to the minor variant caused by individual events within an aircraft’s history.

Figure 1. Minor Variant column on the history tab of an individual aircraft profile (click to view full size).

 

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Aircraft Base Location

Based on requests from customers, we are pleased to announce we have released individual aircraft base locations for our business aviation and helicopter data sets.

This new data point is based upon the airport or helipad where the individual aircraft is most frequently known to be operating. We have built and researched this data by speaking to operators and OEMs, using flight tracking software, and monitoring enthusiast sources. Continue reading “”

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How we have improved the Export capability in Fleets Analyzer

Exporting data is a key feature of any data tool, and this is true of Fleets Analyzer. When we designed the export feature we increased (compared to previous products) the limit on the number of exportable rows to 100,000 and placed no limit on the number of columns. We also made sure that the exported Excel file is an exact copy of the results grid, including the column order.

What we didn’t have access to when designing the export solution for Fleets Analyser was data on the export habits of users of our previous products (ACAS and ASO Fleets). It’s clear now that we underestimated the frequency with which Fleets Analyzer users export data, and also the size of those exports. Continue reading “”

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“Run search” button – questionnaire results

We recently (March 2017) solicited feedback from users regarding the possibility of including a “Run search” button. At the moment, a search is initiated after each filter has been added via the Quick Filter Select (QFS).

Why did we ask the question?

There are two reasons why we were considering making this change:

  • We had received a request from a user who suggested we do so.
  • It would reduce the number of queries being sent to our servers, and therefore reduce the server load.

The mock-up below shows how this could look if implemented. In the mock-up the selected filters are no longer in sync with the results (as a new filter has been added since the search was last run), so the results are “disabled”, and a “Run search” button has been added.

Figure 1. A mock-up showing the “Run search” button (click image to view full size)

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Defining the age of an aircraft

Defining age

The age of an aircraft in Fleets Analyzer is defined as follows:

  • If the aircraft at the query date has the status “Retired” or “Written Off”, the aircraft age will be null (shown as “-” on detail grids).
  • In all other cases, the aircraft age will be the number of years between the query date and the Aircraft Start of Life Date.
  • The Aircraft Start of Life Date will be one of the following dates (in order of precedence, i.e. the first in the list that is available will be used), rounded nearest to one decimal place:
    • First Flight Date.
    • The earliest date the aircraft reached either status “In Service” or “Storage”.
  • If the Aircraft Start of Life Date is null, the aircraft age will be null (shown as “-” on detail grids) e.g. for aircraft with a status of “On order”.
  • If the Aircraft Start of Life Date is greater than the query date, the aircraft age will be null (shown as “-” on detail grids)

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Search Example: Reviewing company activity

In this example, we are going to review what known deal activity a particular company has been involved in. This workflow would be useful to users who want to monitor competitor activity or find out more about the experience of their potential customers or partners.

  1. Start in the Deals section, Detail view.
  2. Click add filter, select the Any Participant filter in Deals and select the company or companies you are interested in monitoring, click accept and view the Deals that the company participated in any capacity. Similarly, you can search for a company’s participation in other roles (i.e. Seller, Buyer, Equity Provider, etc.) – see Figure 1.
Figure 1. Deals with AWAS as participant in any role (click image to view full size).

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