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Category: Taxonomy

  • New usage type: Spares Use / Parts Reclamation

    Based on customer feedback, we have introduced a new type of ‘usage’ to our database. The new usage is ‘Spares Use / Parts Reclamation’.

    This usage will be applied to aircraft when those aircraft have been acquired by a company/military air arm purely for spares use (sometimes referred to as “non-fliers” or “donor” airframes).

    This new usage will always be applied to aircraft that are in storage, and would typically be followed by a retirement event.

    This new usage will initially only be applied on our business aviation, helicopter and military datasets, as well as military operated examples of types in our commercial dataset.

  • 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

  • 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.

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