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A Market Analyst IntrudesIndustry Conditions, and Thoughts
About The Future Of Flight
Presentation to National Academies Aero 2050Washington, DC
Richard Aboulafia
Vice President, Analysis
Teal Group Corporation
www.tealgroup.com
October 2017
Our Forgotten Nemesis...CyclicalityLarge Jetliner Deliveries By Value
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(Value in '17 $Bns)
‘01-‘03 -10.7%
CAGR; -28.8%
peak-trough‘91-‘95 -12.5%
CAGR; -41%
peak-trough‘80-‘84 -13.9%
CAGR; -45%
peak-trough
‘68-‘77 -11%
CAGR; -65%
peak-trough
‘84-‘91
16.1% CAGR
‘95-‘99
20.8% CAGR
‘04-‘15
9.2% CAGR;
A 12-Year
Supercycle
OR
‘99-‘03 -11%
CAGR; -37.3%
peak-trough
Jetliner Market Performance 1960-2016
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(% Change YoY)
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(Value of Deliveries in '17 $ Bns)
Market Change YoY Value of Deliveries
Y/Y Traffic: Well Above Trend2017 1H Totals: RPKs 7.9% (12-year high), FTKs 10.4% (3x 5-year average)2016 Totals: RPKs 6.3%, ASKs 6.2%, FTKs 3.8%2015 Totals: RPKs 6.5%, ASKs 5.6%,
FTKs 2.2%
Source: IATA
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RPKs ASKs FTKs
Civil/Military Rotorcraft Deliveries By Value
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Civil Military
‘03-‘08 CAGR:
10.3%
‘03-‘08 CAGR:
18.2%
‘10-‘15 CAGR:
1.8%
‘10-‘15 CAGR:
0.5%
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sThe Air Transport Market By Class
Regionals Single Aisles Twin Aisles
Twin Aisle Average Seat Count
(Fleetwide) V. World Airline Traffic
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Seats Traff ic
Global Economy Outpaced By
Travel Demand Growth
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RPMs (Bns) GDP (PPP, Bns)
Jets Are Getting Cheaper (In Real
Terms), Too
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2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014
737-800
US Consumer
Price Index
INDEX
2002 = 100
Sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, ICF
A320-200
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Cen
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An Obvious But Tough Reality
RASM CASM
New technologies
need to either:
Raise RASM
Lower CASM
Source: Airline Monitor
OR:
First, A Look Back At Some Surprisingly Popular Ideas Of The Past
• Aircraft:
–Small!
–Smaller!
–Big!
–Speed!
–Water!
–Vertical!
–Space!
• Air Transport:
–Luxury/Retail!
–Wayports!• http://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/24/us/is-relief-for-airport-crowds-
in-middle-of-nowhere.html?pagewanted=all
Objects In Future May Be Further Away Than They Appear
• www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2017/09/in_technology_everything_is
_always_five_to_10_years_away.html
• Point: “Simply put, I believe the United States is on the verge of a hypersonics revolution.” Orlando Carvalho, Lockheed Martin, September 2017.
• Counterpoint: