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DescriptionBuying the Big Jets: Fleet Planning for Airlines by Paul Clark English | PDF | ISBN-10: 0754613852 | ISBN-13: 978-0754613855 April 15, 2016 | Routledge  Engineering, Aerospace CONTENTS Cover Contents List of Figures List of Tables Preface to the Second Edition Acknowledgements Chapter 1 The Big Picture Chapter 2 The Fleet Selection Process Chapter 3 The Market Evaluation Chapter 4 The Aircraft and Airline Product Chapter 5 Aircraft Performance Chapter 6 Aircraft Economics Chapter 7 The Investment Appraisal Chapter 8 Conclusion Index Excerpt: The eighteenth century Scottish poet Robbie Burns penned these words in 1786. He was telling us that no matter how much effort we make in planning, there is always something lurking around the corner to throw our ideas into disarray. Naturally, we cannot predict the unpredictable. However, we ought to be able to predict the consequences of unforeseen events. Planning is integral to any successful organisation. Mapping out a path for the future, and anticipating and making provision for change, are fundamental to the business environment. Robbie Burns knew that there is no such thing as a foolproof plan. Perhaps he can be regarded as a true prophet of modern planning. The planning of a fleet of aircraft for an airline is really no different from any other planning activity. It is fraught with complexity, dilemmas and uncertainty. Building a successful fleet plan requires a blend of engineering and commercial know-how, the ability to predict the future, a good deal of intuition, plus a lot of luck. Good fleet planners, one can almost say, are born, not made. This book is about fleet planning, and specifically addresses transport aircraft with a passenger carrying capacity of 100 seats or more. Yet we should appreciate that such aircraft are not only acquired by commercial airlines. Leasing companies, governments, financiers and private individuals may also be customers for aircraft. It is essential that we start with a definition of airline fleet planning. Indeed, we need several definitions in order to embrace the attitudes of these various customers of aircraft. Let’s start with the viewpoint of the airline. Sharing Widget |