As many users are keen to analyse aircraft manufacturers’ performance in 2017, we thought it important to advise on our data team’s progress in processing OEM figures for the year.
First up is Boeing. Its data is showing as updated in Flight Fleets Analyzer as of 11 January.
The searches shown below were generated using the ‘Deliveries Made’ saved search, with the relevant Boeing aircraft families added as filters and then grouped by master series.Continue reading
Textron Aviation today announced a new twin-engine, high-wing, large utility turboprop – the Cessna SkyCourier 408.
This type is now set up in our database and the 50 orders and 50 options have been added for FedEx Express. This will be visible in Fleets Analyzer from tomorrow.
For business aviation and helicopter customers, we have recently introduced a new aircraft event, “Registered to Manufacturer”, for brand-new aircraft for which we do not have an assigned order. This is a “temporary” event until the aircraft is delivered or we discover an order customer – at which point we will overwrite the event with a true order event line and follow it with a delivery event.
This event will allow customers to see production activity for types where order backlogs are not transparent. These aircraft show a status of “on order” but do not have a scheduled delivery date assigned to them.
The image below was taken from the profile of an S-92A with the serial number 920301.
As a consequence of the recent ATR announcement regarding the introduction of the ATR 72-600F, and the accompanying order from FedEx, we have added a new Sub Series to the Flight Fleets Analyzer taxonomy.
The new Sub Series is “ATR 72 600F Freighter”, and sits directly under the “ATR 72 600” Master Series. This can be seen in the Aircraft Type filter screenshot shown below.
We have updated our taxonomy slightly for the Bombardier DHC-8, to enable more flexible searching and allow customers to filter out the type’s Q-Series variants (later-produced versions with a cabin noise suppression system).
For the DHC-8-400, we have renamed the master series from DHC-8-400 to DHC-8-400 (Q400); i.e. it now includes the marketing name. “(Q400)” has also been added for all relevant type series and subseries aircraft.
For the smaller Q200 and Q300, we have added the description in the type series and, in brackets, to the following subseries:
Following feedback from customers, we have added two new events for aircraft registered to ferry companies. This enables us to clearly show what is happening with the aircraft rather than represent them as purchases etc. – typically this is around aircraft with Textron – Beech / Cessna heritage.
The new events are:
This is used to transfer the ownership to the ferry company as per the register/FAA documentation – often these aircraft are just transferred to Rangeflyers etc …….for admin/paperwork exercises for the ferry part of the transaction.
This event is applied once the aircraft is in country and typically cancels to the destination country. It could also just be a change of ownership on the same register from the ferry company to the customer.
Both these events can be seen in this history table of aircraft PK-BVS, and is shown in Figure 1 below.
Due to changes in official designations, the following adjustments have been made to the naming convention for the A320 family of neo aircraft.
The commercial aviation data research team have recently finished revising the Airbus A330 series structure which will enable customers to filter this data by master series, series and sub series, particularly the A330-200E/X and 300E/X models.
The screenshot below taken from Fleets Analyzer shows that customers are now able to filter right down to the sub series of the A330 type. In the case shown below the A330-200E sub series which is part of the A330-200 master series.
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.
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.
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.
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.
What you can expect to find here: tips for users to get the most out of Fleets Analyzer, tricks for power users who are already in the know, product updates including sneak peeks and new features, and news about new data sets and taxonomy changes.
