the continued evolution of commercial operating leasing
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The Continued Evolution of Commercial Operating Leasing
Rob Morris, Head of Consultancy, Ascend Worldwide
The Continued Evolution of Commercial Aircraft Operating Leasing
Rob Morris Head of Consultancy 20th January 2016
On the Menu….
Operating Leasing Growth Trend The Operating Leasing Competitive Landscape Operating Leasing Outlook
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On the Menu….
Operating Leasing Growth Trend The Operating Leasing Competitive Landscape Operating Leasing Outlook
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Operating lease fleet market share stagnated since 2008
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Operating lease fleet market share stagnated since 2008
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If trend to 2008 were projected, then 50% share would have been achieved last year
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So can we get to 50% from where we are today?
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Resumption of the trend to 2008
What would this require in arithmetical terms?
Global passenger fleet at end of 2022 (excluding RJs) is predicted to be ~25,500 aircraft Leasing fleet in service would need to be ~12,750 aircraft Equivalent leasing fleet today is 7,220 aircraft So net addition of 5,530 aircraft required over next seven years Flightglobal Fleet Forecast predicts delivery of 11,500 commercial passenger jets through 2022 ~40% of the operating lease fleet from seven years ago has been replaced; on today’s fleet this equates to 3,100 aircraft that could be expected to exit the leased fleet in the next seven years So to achieve 50% fleet market share by 2022, under this scenario lessors would need to add 8,450 new aircraft (5,530 growth plus 3,100 replacement) to their portfolios over the next seven years – that’s equivalent to 75% of new deliveries predicted over that period (and worth US$643 billion in 2015EC) Even to maintain today’s 42% market share under this scenario would require ~6,600 new deliveries – 57% of all new deliveries (US$490 billion)
9 Source: Flightglobal Fleets Analyzer / Fleet Forecast (passenger aircraft only, excludes RJs)
However, the leased fleet has continued to grow in line with overall fleet growth
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Operating lessor share of deliveries from direct OEM orders averages 23% over the past 10-years
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Lessors have acquired around 54% of new deliveries overall over the past ten years
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Operating leasing growth trend summary
The current share of the commercial passenger airline fleet managed by operating lessors is around 42% The linear growth trend seen through 2008 has stagnated in recent years If that growth trend were to have continued, then 50% share would have been achieved last year ~75% of deliveries will have to be acquired by lessors over the next seven years if 50% share is to be achieved by 2022 To maintain a 42% market share lessors will have to acquire an estimated 57% of new deliveries over that same period
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On the Menu….
Operating Leasing Growth Trend The Operating Leasing Competitive Landscape Operating Leasing Outlook
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Lessor overall fleet share is 39% including RJs, 42% excluding RJs
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Lessors are relatively under-represented in firm order backlog
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Lessors share of installed fleet highest for current generation types
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Lessors backlog share broadly consistent for current generation types
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Leasing penetration varies by region of operator
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Share growth was largely driven out of Europe and Asia-Pacific
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Although the operating leasing market appears highly competitive it is also highly concentrated
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Competitive landscape hardly changed numerically over last five years
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Six new entrants in top 20 lessors chart, plus one new name, since 2011
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2016 Ranking (by Fleet + Backlog)
Current Fleet Order Backlog Current Fleet CMV ($mn)
2011 Ranking (by Fleet + Backlog)
1 AerCap 1,240 366 32,601 8 2 GECAS 1,084 266 27,766 1 3 Air Lease Corporation 229 389 9,877 13 4 SMBC Aviation Capital 388 206 11,202 6 (as RBS) 5 BOC Aviation 248 234 9,852 10 6 CIT Aerospace 282 132 9,091 5 7 BBAM LLC 398 15,358 3 8 Aviation Capital Group 254 105 6,303 4 9 Avolon Aerospace Leasing 207 136 8,499 33
10 AWAS 251 2 7,120 7 11 Macquarie AirFinance 192 40 5,060 12 12 ICBC Leasing Co 179 41 7,318 31 13 Boeing Capital Corp 191 1,574 9 14 ALAFCO 50 125 1,533 17 15 China Aircraft Leasing Limited 64 104 2,375 84 16 ORIX Aviation 157 3,734 15 17 Aircastle Advisor LLC 143 4,734 14 18 CDB Leasing Company 115 4,731 25 19 Jackson Square Aviation 109 4,447 70 20 Standard Chartered 100 2 3,771 22
Developments over the past few years
AerCap acquired ILFC SMBC Aviation Capital acquired RBS Avolon grown significantly, IPO, acquisition by Bohai Leasing and assumption of HKAC portfolio Air Lease IPO CK Holdings entered the market via Accipiter / Vermillion (aircraft currently managed by BOC Aviation, GECAS, JSA, MCAP) from whom aircraft have been acquired Goshawk JV formed between Chow Tai Fook Enterprises, NWS Holdings and Investec Bank ICBC Leasing portfolio more than doubled in size
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Chinese lessors have been growing tremendously over recent years, though are still focused on China
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• Including Hong Kong and BOC Aviation the total fleet is 1,093 (~13% of total lessor jet fleet)
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Source: Flightglobal Fleets Analyzer – western built passenger jets only (excludes Avolon)
China is a huge source of new lessor capital
Domestic domiciled: ICBC, CDB Leasing, Minsheng, AVIC International Leasing, Bo Comm Leasing,
CMB Financial Leasing, Changjiang Leasing Company, Ping An Leasing, ABC Leasing, SPDB Leasing, CITIC Securities, Everbright Financial Leasing, CCB, Industrial Bank …
Chinese Money invested offshore: Cheung Kong’s Accipiter*, Bohai Leasing’s successful bid for Avolon, ICBC Leasing and Bohai bidding for AWAS
Chinese Airlines (mainly finance lease, but for how long?):
China Eastern, China Southern Airlines, Juneyao, Spring Airlines, Lucky Air, Joy Air…
Mainland China lessors
*Cheung Kong is headquartered in Hong Kong, but it still represents a very important event for Chinese leasing due to its high profile nature Source: Ascend Flightglobal Consultancy
Non-exhaustive
On the Menu….
Operating Leasing Growth Trend The Operating Leasing Competitive Landscape Operating Leasing Outlook
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Aviation demand cycle
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Indicator Current level Trend
Passenger traffic Above trend growth for sixth year running, N America & W Europe seeing strong growth but former (and Middle East) do have capacity ahead of traffic YTD
Year-on-year growth rate has been above 6% for most of 2015 and above 7% in past three months
Freight traffic Traffic reached consistent 5% year-on-year growth in H1 2015 for first time since 2010, past few months has declined to <1.0%
Growth recovery has slowed since Q1 2015; capacity exceeding demand; consistent with weak manufacturing data from China
Yields US yields are only readily available monthly data point; these remain high by historic standards, but August is lowest since early 2011 @ 9.5c/RPK (fuel price has halved)
Yields have been falling since December 2014; August was down 8%; however, this is not a major concern yet, as costs are down by >10% as a result of falling oil prices
Load Factors Generally very high, exceeding 2008 levels. Asia much lower – emerging evidence of overcapacity in some areas?
Mixed picture; US stable, European airlines continuing to increase, Asian airlines falling in some cases
New aircraft orders Orders continue to be placed in high numbers; first half 2015 saw around 800 net orders for commercial jets driving book-to-bill to remain >1
Order intake has fallen sharply from the levels of 2011-2014. New programmes are sold out for several years, with limited slots now available, driving downward trend
Deferrals & cancellations Deferrals are at a low absolute level compared to ten year average, and cancellations around average – however, this is lower if taken as % of a growing fleet
Declining, after a large number of cancellations (~500 aircraft) in 2014
Most measures of demand are good, though some clouds forming?
Global passenger fleet expected to grow to exceed 28,000 aircraft in ten years time
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What needs to change for leasing share to grow again?
Interest rates increase Airlines cash and profit generation needs to slow Lessor share of new deliveries needs to increase Lessors accept lower returns Market liberalisation / deregulation creating incremental growth opportunities New start-up airlines Recycling of older aircraft – change in view on residuals Change in tax rules adversely impacting benefits of airline ownership
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If operating leasing share growth does resume, it will likely be a much flatter trajectory than previously
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Conclusions
The share of the commercial passenger fleet managed by operating lessors is unlikely to achieve 50% within the next ten years However, even if the fleet share declines marginally, as per most recent trend, the overall leased fleet will continue to grow in line with the forecast overall fleet trend The net growth is estimated to be around 3,400 >100 seat aircraft over the next ten years Further portfolio additions will be required to replace aircraft that will exit the fleet through sale at end of lease and retirement / part-out
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The information contained in our databases and used in this presentation has been assembled from many sources, and whilst reasonable care has been taken to ensure accuracy, the information is supplied on the understanding that no legal liability whatsoever shall attach to Ascend Flightglobal Consultancy, its offices, or employees in respect of any error or omission that may have occurred.
Rob Morris Head of Consultancy +44 (0)20 8564 6735 +44 (0)7730 213 189 [email protected]