Challenges in Technical Delivery of Aircraft Disposal under the New Situation and Proposals
Aircraft lifecycle management runs through new aircraft induction,aircraft operation and aircraft disposal phases.As aircraft is high value globalized asset,there are some problems like long disposal period and heavy depreciation along with the increase of aircraft operation costs resulting from more and more uncertain external factors.Therefore,how to deal with the high depreciation issue becomes a new focus of aircraft value control during aircraft disposal phase.In consideration of the young-age-disposal trend of airline fleets and the delivery challenges brought by foreign aircraft manufacturers extending their services to the maintenance market,this paper analyses the differences and connections between traditional aircraft disposal business and aircraft disposal under the new situation.Based on this it gives the suggestion that the aircraft disposal timeline be moved forward,from aircraft disposal phase to contract management in aircraft induction phase and maintenance management in aircraft operation phase,so as to help airlines shorten the disposal cycle,reduce the interested parties'costs and provide solid technical support for aircraft asset value maximization.