Flight International - 10 April 2018

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ORDERS & DELIVERIES

In focus: fleet evolution for leading countries

The USA, China, Canada and Russia are the

leading countries in terms of the volume of

aircraft in commercial operation. The rapid

growth of the fleet in China stands out, having

risen from 1,300 units in 2009 to almost 3,400

nine years later. The stored fleet in the country

has not exceeded 4% during this period.

The commercial fleet in the USA currently

stands at 8,325 units: roughly 200 fewer than

in 2009, due to restructuring, consolidation

and capacity discipline. The in-service total

for US airlines dipped below 8,000 units in

2014, but has since started climbing again.

In Canada, the fleet strength has increased,

from just over 1,000 in 2009 to more than

1,300 now. Economic challenges saw Russia’s

inventory fall below the 1,000-unit mark three

years ago, but its commercial fleet now stands

at a little over 1,100 aircraft. ■

0

2,500

5,000

7,500

10,000

12,500

15,000

Mar-09 Mar-10 Mar-1 1 Mar-12 Mar-13 Mar-14 Mar-15 Mar-16 Mar-17 Mar-18

Total fleet Stored aircraft (%)

Source: Flight Fleets Analyzer

Canada fleet Russia fleet Russia (stored fleet)

Fleet development for leading countries

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

USA fleet China fleet China (stored fleet)

USA (stored fleet)

Canada (stored fleet)

-100

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

1,000

1,100

1,200

Feb-17Mar-17Apr-17May-17Jun-17Jul-17Aug-17Sep-17Oct-17Nov-17Dec-17Jan-18Feb-18

Narrowbody Regional Turboprop Widebody

Commercial monthly net orders, February 2017-2018

Units

Source: Flight Fleets Analyzer

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

Feb-17Mar-17Apr-17May-17Jun-17Jul-17Aug-17Sep-17Oct-17Nov-17Dec-17Jan-18Feb-18

Narrowbody Regional Turboprop

Commercial monthly deliveries, February 2017-2018

Widebody

Units

Source: Flight Fleets Analyzer

3%

3%

5%

48%

38%

Boeing

5,725

Comac

503

Airbus

7,215

Embraer

429

Other

866

Bombardier

434

15,172

To tal

3%

Commercial aircraft order backlog

by manufacturer

Source: Flight Fleets Analyzer

5%

7%

5%

29% 30%

24%

North America

8,466

Europe

6,790

Asia-Pacific

8,603

Middle East

1,441

Africa

1,301

Latin America

2,025

28,626

To tal

Commercial in-service fleet by

region

Source: Flight Fleets Analyzer