In preparation for the Aero-Engines Asia-Pacific conference on April 24-25, this week’s Flight Friday looks at the utilization of the top five engine manufacturers with Asia-Pacific carriers.
The dominant engine OEM in the region is CFM International. CFM-powered commercial aircraft account for almost 53% of all commercial flights in March 2024. That figure is almost exactly the same as March 2019 with pre-pandemic levels of utilization, which can be attributed in part to the removal of some CFM-powered Boeing 737NGs that were replaced with CFM-powered 737 MAXs.
General Electric (GE) and International Aero Engines (IAE) both make up around 14% of the cycles in March 2024. GE’s share of cycles is a little up on the March 2019 figure of 12.5%, but those cycles have shifted from some of the legacy platforms as they have come out of service, like the 747, with 787s adding to the GE-powered fleet in the region. IAE’s market cycle share has dropped from a little less than 17% in March 2019. This is entirely due to the reduction in some of the older Airbus A319, A320, and A321 fleets.
Rolls-Royce accounts for 11% of March 2024 cycles, which is almost double its market share of flights when compared to March 2019. Most of this change has occurred due to the increase in the number of A350s in Asia-Pacific and the introduction of the A330neo into the region.
Pratt & Whitney accounts for a little more than 7% of the flights in March 2024, which is higher than the 5.5% in March 2019—helped, to some extent, by the increase in Pratt-powered A320neo aircraft in the region. However, this, too, leads to lower cycle numbers, as Pratt works through the durability issues that are associated with the GTF (PW1000G) engine. Once these engines—and therefore aircraft—get back into service, the Pratt cycle market share should start to grow more.
This data was put together using Aviation Week’s Tracked Aircraft Utilization tool.
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