ASG Business Jet Fleet Report 2015 EN

2015 GROWTH BY OEM, SIZE & COUNTRY
The Asia Pacific region grew a net* 6.2% in 2015 with the addition of 66 aircraft.
Even though New Zealand had the highest growth rate (50%), surprisingly Hong Kong was the territory
which added the most net aircraft (16 aircraft) throughout the region. So despite all the operational
challenges in operating to and from HK International Airport, the appeal of Hong Kong as a business
jet base remains strong.
China, the largest business jet market in the Asia Pacific region, continued its slowdown from a high
in 2012 to growth of just 4% in 2015. In contrast, the 2nd biggest market in the Asia Pacific region
– Australia – experienced a healthy growth of 7%, and the 4th largest – Hong Kong – 14% growth.
The smaller markets of Indonesia, the Philippines and Japan all added additional aircraft and in
doing so, all experienced double digit growth. Notably, markets which performed poorly in 2015 were
Malaysia and Macau, both of which actually contracted, and South Korea, Thailand and Singapore
which all remained stagnant registering no growth at all.
The best performing OEM in 2015 in the Asia Pacific region by growth rate was Airbus with a 21%
increase of its fleet. However, in regards to the most net aircraft added, this honour goes to Bombardier
with 33 additional aircraft in total, thus achieving an impressive growth rate of 12%. Gulfstream was
second with 14 net aircraft added and a corresponding growth rate of 6%. Hawker was the only OEM
which saw its Asia Pacific region fleet contract, which it did by 5% in 2015. All other OEM’s fleets grew
from 3% to 6%.
Honours also go to Bombardier for the most popular aircraft model added to the region, which was the
Global 6000 with 13 more aircraft added throughout 2015, for an impressive model fleet growth of
59%. The second highest growth was for the G650/650ER from Gulfstream with 8 additional aircraft
added in total for a remarkable +62%.
Given the growing popularity of the G6000 and G650, it’s not too surprising that the Asia Pacific
region size category growing the fastest in 2015 was the ‘long-range’ category with 11% (+27) more
aircraft. The ‘large’ category fleet also performed well with growth of +7% in 2015 - a net addition of
17 aircraft, generally either Challengers or G450s.
The only size category where the fleet contracted in 2015 was the ‘medium’ category – a drop of 2%
– and this was despite some strong growth in the Asia Pacific region for the G280.
* Net = New aircraft deliveries & pre-owned additions less aircraft that left the region (deductions).
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