July 5, 2009: Number of aircraft on RA-Aus register

[Guest OzChris]

July 5, 2009: Number of aircraft on RA-Aus register The total number of valid registrations is now more or less static — the number of new registrations is being balanced by non-renewal of registration. The number of aircraft dropping off the register is surprising; perhaps it's due to the current economic conditions.

 

In the 18 months from December 2007 to June 2009 there were 402 new registrations; in the same period 451 aircraft left the register. Among those were 78 aircraft with initial registrations from the 1980s and 55 from the 1990–1994 period, which could be expected. However, 80 aircraft from the 1995–1999 period, 108 from 2000–2004 and 130 from 2005–2007 were not renewed; which is totally unexpected.

 

During the last three years there has been a nine percentage point shift away from home-builts (now down to 44% of total aircraft) towards increasingly complex factory-built aircraft. This has resulted in a substantial increase in the market value of the RA-Aus flight line — currently estimated at above $90 million.

Source: http://www.auf.asn.au/notices.html#aircraft_register_june09