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Buying the Big Jets

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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

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.

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.