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ISSUE SEVEN MARCH/APRIL 2012
THE LEADING GLOBAL PUBLICATION FOR OPERATORS OF AND INVESTORS IN AIRCRAFT AND ENGINES
Investing in engines
Crackdown on OEM control?
The demographic problem
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It's not just
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It's about a flexible,
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It's about the exper se
of an integrated staff
listening to your
unique business
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To deliver a solu on
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EDITOR'S LETTER
STILL DANCING
ISSUE TWO, VOLUME TWO
March/April 2012
EDITOR
ISSUE SEVEN
It's not just about access to a new airplane. It
EDITOR'S LETTER STILL DANCING ISSUE TWO,
CONTENTS 16 Start your engines
NEWS Continental Airlines restarted the ca
Long live your engine. Chromalloy repairs give
NEWS Future of Ex-Im Bank in doubt On March 2
At Delta TechOps, we do whatever it takes to meet
NEWS Doric Nimrod Air Two issues £200 million
Asset Management Remarketing Services r
NEWS CHINA EASTERN AND QUANTAS LCC China East
GUIDING YOUR END OF LIFE ASSET STRATEGIES
NEWS Glowing GoldCare audit for Monarch Aircra
CONFERENCE Winners at London investment forum
NEWS Delta bids for Trainer refinery Reports
ENGINE SURVEY Start your engines Airline Econom
ENGINE SURVEY FIGURE 1: ENGINES V AIRCRAFT OVER
ENGINE SURVEY because parts are life-limited a
ENGINE SURVEY Aircraft Fleet as Percent of T
WHEN YOU NEED TO HAVE THEM FLYING AGAIN
ENGINE SURVEY FIGURE 4: COMPARISON OF FLEET
Insight KPMG has unrivalled experience and
ENGINE SURVEY The new-technology engines The n
ENGINE SURVEY FIGURE 7: A SELECTION OF ENGINE V
3) Requiring the use of only mainte- nance p
ENGINE SURVEY FIGURE 8: ENGINE TYPES FOR COMMERCI
And the problem is getting worse. Until now ab
HEDGING Fuel efficiency Mike Corley at Mercatus
HEDGING
HEDGING SURVEY Fuel hedging survey A study cond
>150 (24%)1–24 (33%) 76–150 (5%) 25–35 (38%)
HEDGING SURVEY No (18%) Yes (82%)
HEDGING SURVEY 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.1 3 2.9
FOREIGN EXCHANGE Exchange is in the air If you
The IATA's director general, Tony Ty
AGEING POPULATIONS State of grace Philip Tozer-
AGEING POPULATIONS a long list of age-related
AGEING POPULATIONS Background on ageing populati
AGEING POPULATIONS ers leading to a marked slow
AGEING POPULATIONS centre of this change, allo
AVIATION CARBON TRADING MASTERCLASS 26th June 201
CHINA A
quality and efficiency, and the `low-cost' advant
CHINA 919 to be a bluff, there will come a tim
CHINA The names behind Comac: the state-owned sh
REPOSSESSION When it's time to take control
tract will provide for the remedies. In a standar
REPOSSESSION (Left to right) Duncan Batc
AEROSPACE INVESTMENT CONFERENCES 15th May 2012 -
GECAS Standing out from the crowd GE Capita
www.airlineeconomics.com GECAS
GECAS BIOGRAPHY NORMAN C.T. LIU President & CE
aircraft. The funds to purchase the air- craft we
ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES All in it together? Afric
Though we issue fuel surcharges, we cannot pa
ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES PROFILE TEWOLDE GEBREMARIAM
affect their productivity. What is your comment o
MIDDLE EAST Lease in the Middle East
Aircraft and engine financing in the Middle East
MIDDLE EAST TABLE 2: AACO AIRCRAFT FLEET AIRLI
www.airlineeconomics.com MIDDLE EAST TABLE 3:
MIDDLE EAST TABLE 4: AACO AIRCRAFT TYPE – OWN
TABLE 5: AACO ENGINE FLEET – OWNED AND LEASED Air
MIDDLE EAST TABLE 7: COMMERCIAL ENGINE FLEET A
MIDDLE EAST
DATA COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT CMVs AND LEASE RATES –
AEROSPACE INVESTMENT CONFERENCES 15th May 2012 -
It's about more than the plane.