- 24 Mar, 2021
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Fleet Replacement Analysis
You will need to insert costs and performance figures into the template. You may wish to review the template before reading further.
In order to complete your analysis, you will need to obtain current aircraft operating data and prices from authoritative sources. The sources listed below are sufficient and adequate for your project:
⦁ Aircraft prices: Boeing periodically publishes list prices for its aircraft. Search the Boeing website or simply do a Google search for “Boeing aircraft list prices” to determine the purchase price for new Boeing 787-9. Used B-767-300ER aircraft are available from several sources as other airlines are beginning to replace their B-767 fleets with newer aircraft. The price for a 20 to 25-year-old B-767-300ER is around $35 million, but WestJet will invest an additional $10 million in the refurbishment of each aircraft it has acquired.
⦁ Aircraft performance data and operating costs: The Airline Monitor publishes extensive airline data needed for your analysis. The Airline Monitor is available through the Hunt Library Aerospace/Aviation electronic databases. When you’ve accessed The Airline Monitor, select Online Edition, then Block Hour Operating Costs (pdf). This is a large document. IFC would have access to WestJet’s performance and cost data, but for this assignment, assume that WestJet’s costs are the same as Hawaiian Airlines. For your analysis, use Hawaiian’s reported data for the B-767-300ER and US industry data for the B-787-9. The data you need looks like this example of data for the B-737