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1982
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FLEET SIZE The Be//JetRanger is the most popular helicopter among Fortune / ,000 companies ET SUMMARY fav tvoe rnrttftr pn7An mnri> attrar FLEE by type Piston Turbo- Turbo- Total prop/ jet shaft AEROPLANES Multi-engine 2 Single-engine 160 Twin-engine 231 Sub-total 393 HELICOPTERS Single-engine 8 Twin-engine 0 Sub-total 8 TOTAL 401 1 5 485 491 136 39 175 666 94 2 849 945 0 0 0 945 97 167 1,565 1,829 144 39 183 2,012 cent higher than the previous year. Some of the fleet-value increase is due to inflation, but most is accounted for by adjustments to reflect current market prices. Aircraft in previous studies have been priced too low, says NBAA. Heavy-jet fleet value grew by 1*4 times in 1980, followed by twin-tur bine helicopters, which doubled up at a 108 per cent rate, ahead of heavy turboprops (94-3 per cent), medium jets (62-4), single types (57-9), and turbine helicopters (45-5 per cent). All showed substantial growth in fleet values. Piston helicopters were the only aircraft in the fleet that dropped in value, falling 48 per cent (this re flects both fleet value and size). Twelve units operating in 1979 (worth an average $53,500/unit) fell to only eight units with an average value of $41,700 an aircraft. From 1972 to 1980 the turbine- helicopter fleet among Fortune opera tors more than trebled compared with a 500 per cent increase in the value of these helicopters. This reflects both the corporate switch from single- to twin-turbine machines and the in creased use of the corporate heli copter, according to the NBAA. The availability of twin-turbine machines with single-pilot IFR certification should make the twin-turbine heli- I 156 copter even more attractive. If Fortune 1,000 companies continue to increase in fleet value by the cur rent five-year average of 23-9 per cent a year, they will spend $1,713 million during the two years to the end of 1982. The fleet-value could reach $6,000 million by the end of 1984. Among the top 500 industrials as listed by Fortune, turbojet/fan air craft sharply outnumber other classes of aircraft, while in the next 500 the turboprop is most popular. The same is true when considering aircraft categories. The top 100 companies lead in all cases: 56 per cent of all the piston singles, 29 per cent of the piston twins, 35 per cent of the turbo prop aircraft, 44 per cent of the turbo- jets/turbofans, and 65 per cent of the helicopters are operated within this group. The top 200 companies account for 72 • 5 per cent of the singles, 45 • 1 per cent of the twins, 48-5 per cent of the turboprops, 64-7 per cent of the turbo- jets/turbofans, and 78-1 per cent of the helicopters. The trend is still fairly consistent among the top 300, accounting for 82 • 5 per cent of the singles, 57 1 per cent of twins, 60-3 per cent of all turboprops, 78-5 per cent of the turbojets, and 86-3 per cent of the helicopters. The 601-700 group Below the top 300 level, 31 per cent of the singles are operated by the 601-700 group of Fortune indus trial corporations. Some 11-6 per cent of the twins are used by the 301-400 group, which also operates 14-5 per cent of the turboprops. Seven per cent of the turbojets/turbofans are opera ted by the 601-700 group. NBAA (which numbers most of the Fortune 1,000 operators among its 2,500 members) is not surprised that 34-8 per cent of the operators have only one aircraft each, while a further 20 7 per cent operate only two. About Number of aircraft 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 22 24 28 32 36 37 38 2,012 Number of companies 188 112 79 36 22 28 17 12 5 6 7 3 2 6 5 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 541 five in every eight NBAA member companies operate single aircraft. Some 42 companies (7-8 per cent of the Fortune operators) have fleets of ten or more aircraft. The largest 1980 fleet consisted of 38 aircraft. The Beech King Air series is most popular among Fortune companies— accounting for 245 (12-2 per cent) of the 2,012 aircraft used in 1980. Of these almost a half are the Model 200. One of these is a cargo-door model. Dassault Falcon models came second at 155 units. There are 139 Sabreliners, 138 Learjets, 133 Gulf- stream GII/IIIs, 127 Citations and 98 JetRangers in the Fortune aircraft fleet. The average year of manufacture for the entire fleet is 1973. By cate gory, the average year is turboprops —1972; pistons—1970; turbine heli copters—1975; and piston helicopters —1970. The Fortune 1,000 companies opera ted 13 DC-3s in 1980. There were 16 BAC One-Elevens operated by 11 com panies, three Boeing 707s, six Boeing 727s operated by four companies, three Boeing 737s, one DC-9, one Fokker F.28, and a Convair 990 and 880 (both operated by the manufac turer). There are 150 different aircraft types produced by 46 manufacturers contained in the Fortune 1,000 fleet. Eight manufacturers accounted for 77 1 per cent of the 1980 fleet and for 81 0 per cent of the dollar value. Beech, Cessna, Dassault, Gulfstream American, British Aerospace, Gates Learjet, and Rockwell International represent 1,552 units, valued at $2,600 million. Beech led with 327 units, followed by Cessna with 325, Gulfstream American (214), and Rockwell (186). Gulfstream American was by far the 1980 leader in dollar value with $1,118 million, followed by Dassault ($337 million) and Rockwell ($275 million). The remaining five accounted for values in excess of $150 million. H FLIGHT International. 8 May 1982
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