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ACTIVE MAINLINE FLEET

TAKES OFF

By Max Kingsley-Jones

The active passenger aircraft
fleet moved back above the
10,000-aircraft mark at the
The recovery of the active beginning of June and has now
mainline jet passenger fleet is reached almost 11,500 aircraft.
strengthening as the number The stored fleet is now just
of aircraft in storage worldwide below 10,500 aircraft.
has now dropped below that Greeting the active fleet
of those that are flying for the development as good sign,
first time since March. Rob Morris, global head of
However, observers caution consultancy at Ascend by
that this is only one metric of Cirium, cautioned that other
a multi-faceted recovery, with operational metrics must be
load-factor and utilisation considered.
levels still unrepresentative of “While the recovery of
the pre-coronavirus status. the active fleet is a positive
Analysis of Cirium fleets data development, the average
has revealed that at the turn daily utilisation for those
of the year the world’s airlines aircraft that are back in service
had some 20,200 Airbus and is still more than 35% down
Boeing passenger jets in active over the start of 2019,” said
service (with some 1,800 more Morris.
in storage). The fleet recovery so far has
The size of this fleet been driven by the Asia-Pacific
plummeted during the first airlines, which had been
quarter, reaching a low of just impacted first by the pandemic
7,400 passenger airliners in so were at the forefront of the
the middle of April, before recovery, with almost 75% of
beginning a gradual rise. the region’s fleet now flying.
In North America, the active/
At its peak in mid-April, over stored split is roughly 50/50
14,500 (two-thirds) of the but Europe is still lagging.
global mainline passenger jet
fleet were in storage. European Even by mid-June, two-thirds
carriers have been among the of the region’s 5,500 mainline
hardest hit, with their active passenger aircraft were still
fleet declining to less than a stored, according to Cirium. Q
fifth of the pre-virus level at its Article courtesy: https://
lowest point. www.flightglobal.com/.

NEWS DIGITAL

EXECUJET MRO MIDDLE EAST TO

INCLUDE DASSAULT FALCON

approvals include those for the Falcon 7/8X is committed to providing class-leading
up to and including C Check, Falcon 900EX customer service worldwide, so enhancing
ExecuJet MRO Services Middle East, EASy up to and including C Check, Falcon our service capabilities is paramount.”
a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dassault 900C/EX up to and including 36 month The company’s Middle East facility is
inspection and the Falcon 2000EX EASy
Aviation, has received European Aviation up to and including C Check – 72 Month / based at Dubai International Airport with
Safety Agency (EASA) approval to perform 3750FC. an additional line facility at Dubai’s South
line and base maintenance on the Dassault Nick Weber, regional vice president, Al Maktoum International Airport.
Falcon 2000EX EASy models. ExecuJet MRO services Middle East said, In addition to a large range of aircraft
This additional approval complements “We are delighted to extend our main- types, the Dubai facility is also approved
the FAA Repair Station as well as various tenance and support capabilities on the by Rolls Royce, GE, Honeywell and Collins
other authority approvals. The company’s Falcon aircraft in the Middle East. ExecuJet Aerospace. Q

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