Alton Aviation Consultancy's Industry Altimeter 2019-2020

article | 15-Dec-19

Alton Aviation Consultancy’s Industry Altimeter 2019-2020

Alton Team: Adam Cowburn, Adam Guthorn, Bradley Dailey, John Mowry, Jonathan Berger, Joshua Ng, Laetitia Achille, Yuichi Takayama

Market: MRO & Aftermarket, Aircraft Leasing & Financing, Transaction Advisory, Airlines

Clear skies ahead? In a special white paper authored for the Airfinance Journal’s 2019-2020 Annual, Alton Aviation Consultancy looks at the state of commercial aviation and aircraft leasing, and the outlook for the year ahead. The paper explores air traffic demand trends and drivers, aircraft supply outlook including new technology programs, and airline industry profitability. Additionally, the paper explores current dynamics in the aircraft leasing and financing markets, including a review of the mid-life and end-of-life segments. Transaction volumes are quantified and segmented with respect to new deliveries, sale-leasebacks, secondary market trading, and part-outs.

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