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Category: Taxonomy

  • 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

  • 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.

  • Split of ‘Business Jets – Bizliners’ Market Grouping

    Based on customer feedback, we’ve decided to split the Business Jets – Bizliners Market Grouping into 2 distinct groups i.e.:

    • Business Jets – Bizliners – Widebody e.g. 747 BBJ, A330 ACJ
    • Business Jets – Bizliners – Narrowbody e.g. 737 BBJ, A319 ACJ

    As part of this split, we’ve also moved additional aircraft types into the ‘Business Jets – Large’ Market Grouping e.g. Legacy 600/650, Challenger 850/870

  • Change to serial number format of Cessna 208 Caravan

    Based on customer feedback and to bring consistency across the OEM in our data, we have recently added a “-“ character into all serial numbers for the Cessna 208 Caravan.

    This means that all Textron Aviation (Cessna) types in our data have a dash as standard in the msn format.

    Changes will show in Fleets Analyzer from 24th January.

  • Piston twin updates – November 2018

    We are pleased to announce the third in our series of piston twin data updates, this month we have the following types now available for business aviation subscribers:

    • VulcanAir (Partenavia) P68
    • Tecnam P2006
    • Tecnam P2012

    These types are being released with current fleet information as well as accident write ups going back at least 10 years – we are still working backwards on the full histories for these types so please be aware of this when using the trend function in Fleets Analyzer.

    Images of the 3 new types are included below.

    Continue reading

  • OEM name changes

    Based on customer feedback, we are revising a number of OEM names. The changes are listed below. These will take effect on 1st November.Continue reading

  • Piston twin updates – October 2018

    We are pleased to announce the second update to our piston twin data (following the update last month), this month we have the following types now available for business aviation subscribers:

    • Cessna 402
    • Cessna 404
    • Cessna 414

    These types are being released with current fleet information as well as accident write ups going back at least 10 years – we are still working backwards on the full histories for these types so please be aware of this when using the trend function in Fleets Analyzer.

    For release next month – we have an Italian theme with the:

    • Tecnam P2006
    • Tecnam P2012
    • VulcanAir P68

    Images of the 3 new types are included below.Continue reading

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