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  • The way we calculate the age of an aircraft is going to change

    Due to the recent change to the definiton of Build Date, we are changing our definition of age.

    Currently

    Age is calculated as the duration since the date of the aircraft’s first flight, if we have no recorded first flight, then we use the delivery date.

    New

    Age will be calculated as the duration since the Build Date. Build Date is taken as the delivery date, unless the aircraft’s first flight was more than 12 months prior to delivery date, in this scenario Build Date is taken as the first flight date.

    These changes will take effect from 20th January 2020.

    For more information on how we determine the Build Date, please see the article on the Cirium Thought Cloud.

  • Country of Registration

    Today we’re pleased to announce that we’re adding a new field, “Country of Registration” to Fleets Analyzer. This new field covers 99.9% of in-service aircraft (approx. 184k as at today’s date)

    Country of Registration can be found in the following locations across Fleets Analyzer.Continue reading

  • New Air Tractor types added

    We are pleased to announce the release of the turbine powered versions of the Air Tractor family – Air Tractor AT-402, AT-602, AT-802. Powered by the popular PT6 engine family, these types have been requested by customers for the last few years and we are pleased to release these to continue to react to the needs of our customers.Continue reading

  • Helicopter taxonomy updates

    In response to feedback from customers, we are pleased to announce some taxonomy changes to our helicopter types.

    For the AW139, we have now added Short Nose and Long Nose modifiers.

    Short and Long nose added as Modifier.
    Figure 1. Short and Long nose added as Modifier.

    For the the H145 / EC145 family, to help customers find models we have tried to incorporate their technical and marketing descriptions so we have updated the sub series as follows:Continue reading

  • Piston type updates – November 2019

    We are pleased to announce our latest release of Piston types to enhance our Business Aviation coverage.

    From 8th November 2019, the following types will be available in Fleets Analyzer:Continue reading

  • Taxonomy changes for A321neos

    Based on customer feedback, and to bring ourselves in line with the latest Airbus designations, we have revised our taxonomy for A321neos.Continue reading

  • China, Hong Kong, Macau & Taiwan – Name alterations

     

    Following feedback from some clients we have taken the decision to standardise our naming conventions for China, Macau, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

    From this week these territories are now represented as follows:

    • China
    • Hong Kong SAR
    • Macau SAR
    • Taiwan

    For those unaware, the “SAR” stands for Special Administrative Region.

    As ever, if you have any queries about any data then get in touch at dataupdates@cirium.com

  • Change to Year of Build

    Ascend by Cirium has made the decision to change the year of build methodology from first flight to delivery date, find out why below:Continue reading

  • Helicopter backlog status review

    For all the attention of helicopter customers.

    Based on market feedback at Heli Expo 2019 and Paris 2019, we are conducting a thorough review of our order, option and LoI statuses for civil helicopters.

    As many of you will be aware, the oil and gas industry has suffered a slowdown in recent years, and there’s evidence of operators entering Chapter 11,  and lessors/operators potentially merging. Due to the many changes in this sector, we have taken the opportunity to review the backlog numbers.

    Due to this review, you will notice many older dated firm orders will now show as cancelled, and many options and LoIs will show as cancelled/lapsed.

    This data review will be completed and available in product from Monday 1st July 2019.

  • Name change for Mitsubishi MRJ

    In line with the recent announcement, we have renamed the Mitsubishi MRJ to the Mitsubishi SpaceJet.

    The sub series taxonomy has also changed to reflect the name with the MRJ90 becoming the SpaceJet M90.

    Changes will show in Fleets Analyzer from Friday 14th June.

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