Eastern Promise
WORLD AIRLINER CENSUS Eastern promise DAN THISDELL & ROB MORRIS LONDON Our annual look at the changing size and distribution of or a one-word summary of the the world’s airliner fleet underscores surging demand for megatrend shaping the world’s commercial airliner fleet, read simply aircraft in the A sia-Pacific region and especially from China “China”. Our annual World Airliner F Census, built on Flight Fleets Analyzer data, reveals that the distribution of the global fleet has passed a milestone. A year ago, North America – always the biggest fleet region – led the in-service jet table with 30% of the global total, ahead of the Asia-Pacific and China, with 29%. This year those percentages are reversed. Today, Asia-Pacific, including China, com- mands 30% of the global passenger jet fleet, with North America at just 29%. China alone has 14%. The movement has been dramatic. A dec- ade ago, North America’s dominant share was 36%, with Asia-Pacific and China at just 20%. The other mature market, Europe, has seen its share decline from 27% to 25% in the same period. North America and Europe have seen their jet fleets grow by just 0.4% and 1.2% respec- tively per year over the past 10 years, reflect- ing capacity discipline and a focus on fleet AirTeamImages replacement. During the same period, China’s 787 is the seventh most-flown mainline type, with deliveries averaging 11 units per month fleet has grown by 2,000 aircraft – an annual rate of increase of more than 11%. The rest of Top 10 fleets: mainline aircraft Asia-Pacific has added 1,500 aircraft over the decade, growing at 5.1% yearly.
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