fleet
US airlines are in the midst of a serious fleet update. This update has long-term impacts for costs, and that is much more than just fuel burn.
We are sharing this model. Across the top, there are menu items to select from. The default starts with the pandemic in 2020. Fleets went through a radical update and reset during this period. Some retirements were clearly overdone.
There are three pages to go through, each with a slightly different focus. The menus remain consistent across all three pages.
While the charts provide a view of how airlines are making fleet decisions, the variance in each period is driven by the number of aircraft of each type that were actively reporting during that period. Expanding the reporting period also highlights data errors. For example, when United and Alaska were transitioning from 737-900s to 737-900ERs. Neither the airlines nor the DOT identified the mistake. As usual, with these datasets, caveat emptor.
Even with these issues, the model provides an unusual perspective on how the industry is evolving. Notice, for example, as the E-190/5 fleet is winding down, the recent Avelo order brings them right back into the market again.
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