Buying the Big Jets [Paperback]

Paul Clark (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 30, 2007 | ISBN-10: 0754670910 | ISBN-13: 978-0754670919 | Edition: N.e

Selecting the right aircraft for an airline operation is a vastly complex process, involving a multitude of skills and considerable knowledge of the business. "Buying The Big Jets" was first published in 2001 to provide guidance to those involved in aircraft selection strategies. This Second Edition brings the picture fully up to date, incorporating new discussion on the strategies of low-cost carriers, and the significance of the aircraft cabin for long-haul operations. Latest developments in aircraft products are covered and there are fresh examples of best practice in airline fleet planning techniques. The book is essential reading for airline planners with fleet planning responsibility, consultancy groups, analysts studying aircraft performance and economics, airline operational personnel, students of air transport, leasing companies, aircraft value appraisers, and all who manage commercial aircraft acquisition programmes and provide strategic advice to decision-makers. This book is also a valuable tool for the banking community where insights into aircraft acquisition decisions are vital. "Buying The Big Jets" is an industry-specific example of strategic planning and is therefore a vital text for students engaged in graduate or post-graduate studies either in aeronautics or business administration.

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About the Author

Paul Clark is Managing Director of AirBusiness Academy, a business educational organisation serving the Airbus community. Having abandoned a life of commuting in southern England, he moved to Toulouse, France in 1984 and spent twenty years working in the Customer Affairs directorate of Airbus, providing fleet planning support to airlines. He is a Visiting Professor at City University in the United Kingdom, and a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society.

Product Details

• Paperback: 300 pages
• Publisher: Ashgate Pub Co; N.e edition (June 30, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0754670910
• ISBN-13: 978-0754670919
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #749,183 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Buy, December 30, 2007

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Ng Wee Tong (Singapore) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Buying the Big Jets (Paperback)

Buying the Big Jets

Just bought this book recently. Incidentally also just received a certificate from IATA for a related fleet planning course and noticed it was signed by Paul Clark who is the director of the institute and authour of this book.

Lots of details to learn and coming from a flight operations background, a sure way to appreciate all the work going on behind the scenes in airline operations. And I have not finished the book!

Raymond Ng

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buying the Big Jets by Paul Clark, August 5, 2005

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Elijah Chingosho "Dr Elijah Chingosho" (Nairobi, Kenya) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Buying the Big Jets: Fleet Planning for Airlines (Hardcover)

Buying the Big Jets is an excellent practical book on airline fleet planning. It gives guidelines on how airlines should assess, evaluate and select their fleet. The author methodically examines the current practices in fleet planning and provides practical insights into how this can be improved. The book tracks the major steps in aircraft evaluation for scheduled airlines. It starts with the establishment of a planning structure, then assessing the market and aircraft product against corporate goals, analyse aircraft performance and economics and finally carry out an investment appraisal.

As an informed reader from Africa, I have a lot of positive comments for the book. I am, however aware that the author is focusing his message on the large buyers from developed countries, the newly industrialised countries of Asia/Pacific rim and the oil rich Middle East.

5.0 out of 5 stars Both broad and deep, March 2, 2009

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Russell Ryan (Miami Beach, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Buying the Big Jets: Fleet Planning for Airlines (Hardcover)

Although this purchase left a hole in my pocket, it is worth it. I am actually a guy who makes his living buying and leasing Big Jets and their associated engines, and had formerly been a consultant showing foreign airlines how to do market planning. What is good about this book is that it really does cover all the subjects one needs to know to do this job, and does so in an insightful and practical way which shows that the author understands the content, its application in practice, has captured a wealth of experience, and gotten all this data in one book. Too often, we never really get a full explanation of why things are the way they are (plus many people are incapable of articulating it), so one never gets to the heart of the matter. I found several explanations to items I had never fully understood, and saw some 'other concepts' of how analysis is performed. Well Done.