The Continued Evolution of Commercial Operating Leasing 18 th January 2017 Rob Morris, Global Head of Consultancy flightglobal.com/consultancy 1
Definitions Operating Leasing Fleet & Dynamics Competitive Landscape Operating Leasing Outlook flightglobal.com/consultancy 2
Definitions flightglobal.com/consultancy 3
Operating Lessor Share of Fleet Operating leasing is what share of the market? 50% 45% 40% 35% 30% 32.2% 38.4% 37.2% 27.3% 45.4% 32.3% 42.4% 42.3% 25% 20% 21.1% 20.5% 15% 10% 5% 0% All jets, all status All Jets, in service All jets, stored All jets, on order RJ, pax only, in service & stored SA, pax only, in service & stored TA, pax only, in service & stored Freighters, in service & stored SA & TA, SA & TA, pax only, in pax only, in service & service & stored stored, by value Source: Flight Fleets Analyzer, 6 th January 2017 Typically use single and twin-aisle, in service / stored, by units = 42.4% today flightglobal.com/consultancy 4
Operating Leasing Fleet & Dynamics flightglobal.com/consultancy 5
Operating lessor share of fleet has stagnated since peak in 2009 Passenger Fleet Managed by Operating Lessors Jan-90 Jan-91 Jan-92 Jan-93 Jan-94 Jan-95 Jan-96 Jan-97 Jan-98 Jan-99 Jan-00 Jan-01 Jan-02 Jan-03 Jan-04 Jan-05 Jan-06 Jan-07 Jan-08 Jan-09 Jan-10 Jan-11 Jan-12 Jan-13 Jan-14 Jan-15 Jan-16 Jan-17 Operating Lessor Fleet as Ratio of Total Fleet 10,000 9,000 8,000 7,000 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 0 50% 45% 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% Single-Aisle Twin-Aisle Share of Fleet Source: Flight Fleets Analyzer (passenger aircraft in service / stored) flightglobal.com/consultancy 6
Operating Lessor Fleet 737-800 & A320ceo represent more than half of the lessor fleet today 2,500 2,000 737-800 and A320ceo actually represent ~35% of the total fleet today 1,500 1,000 500 0 Source: Flight Fleets Analyzer (passenger single and twin-aisles only, in service / stored) flightglobal.com/consultancy 7
How do lessors select their assets? Lessors favour assets that have liquidity The aircraft most preferred by lessors today are single-aisles A320 and 737 families Lessors business model drives portfolio strategy, can differentiate on Age Aircraft category (Regional, Widebody, Turboprop, Helicopter) Volatility of values must be considered in hand with depreciation Ratings estimate downside risk on future base value Capital markets are the main financing source to purchase these assets flightglobal.com/consultancy 8
HHI The Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) is a recognised measure of liquidity 4,500 4,000 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0 Source: Flight Ascend Consultancy analysis flightglobal.com/consultancy 9
Value, US$ Mn Ratings use historical volatility to forecast a downside risk envelope 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Downside Volatility BV CMV Source: Ascend Values & Ratings, 2008 build A330-200 (PW), 2% future inflation flightglobal.com/consultancy 10
Operating Lessor Fleet Change 750 aircraft added to lessor portfolios in 2016. 200 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 Source: Flight Fleets Analyzer (passenger single and twin-aisles only) flightglobal.com/consultancy 11
Operating Lessor Fleet Change.but 400 aircraft exited the portfolio 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Source: Flight Fleets Analyzer (passenger single and twin-aisles only) flightglobal.com/consultancy 12
2016 Deliveries Operating lessors acquired 43% of new commercial jet deliveries in 2016 500 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 A320ceo A320neo 737NG CSeries A330 A350 787 777 747 A380 Lessor Direct Delivery Lessor PLB at Delivery Non Lessor Delivery Source: Flight Fleets Analyzer (passenger single and twin-aisles only) flightglobal.com/consultancy 13
Operating Lessor Backlog Speculative backlog includes >2,300 aircraft 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 A320neo and 737 Max 8 dominate the backlog but A321neo is also significant Source: Flight Fleets Analyzer (passenger single and twin-aisles only) flightglobal.com/consultancy 14
Competitive Landscape flightglobal.com/consultancy 15
The top 20 lessors account for close to 80% of the total lease fleet today 2017 Ranking (by Fleet + Backlog) Manager Current Fleet Order Current Fleet Backlog CMV ($mn) 1 AerCap 1,150 348 30,713 1 2 GECAS 979 311 23,699 2 3 Avolon (Inc CIT) 571 260 20,217 9 4 SMBC Aviation Capital 446 200 14,677 4 5 Air Lease Corporation 262 365 11,449 3 6 BOC Aviation 276 188 11,260 5 7 BBAM LLC 388 16,531 7 8 Aviation Capital Group 257 126 5,852 8 9 ICBC Leasing Co 266 47 11,769 12 10 AWAS 236 15 6,415 10 11 Macquarie 202 40 5,181 11 12 Aircastle 192 5,447 17 13 ALAFCO 59 125 1,812 14 14 Boeing Capital Corp 177 1,412 13 15 China Aircraft Leasing 82 91 2,888 15 16 CDB Leasing Company 142 23 5,357 18 17 ORIX Aviation 163 4,173 16 18 Standard Chartered 116 12 3,952 20 19 Jackson Square Aviation 119 5,088 19 20 BoCom Leasing 111 4,595 21 Source: Flight Fleets Analyzer (passenger single and twin-aisles only) 2016 Ranking (by Fleet + Backlog) flightglobal.com/consultancy 16
China is a huge source of new lessor capital Domestic domiciled Chinese lessor 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, etc Chinese money invested offshore Accipiter, Avolon ICBC Leasing and Bohai s bid for AWAS flightglobal.com/consultancy 17
Although the operating leasing market appears highly competitive it is also highly concentrated Cumulative Operating Lease Portfolio 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 120 125 130 135 140 145 Number of Operating Lessors 80% of the fleet is managed by top 20 lessors Source: Flight Fleets Analyzer (passenger single and twin-aisles only) flightglobal.com/consultancy 18
The competitive dynamic has hardly changed in the recent past but more competition than 10-years ago Cumulative Operating Lease Portfolio 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 120 125 130 135 140 145 Number of Operating Lessors 2017 2011 2006 Source: Flight Fleets Analyzer (passenger single and twin-aisles only) flightglobal.com/consultancy 19
Operating Leasing Outlook flightglobal.com/consultancy 20
Aviation demand cycle Demand side weakening, trends suggest may be past cyclical peak Indicator Current level Trend Passenger traffic Above trend growth for sixth year running; 6.1 estimate for 2016. Led by India. China. LCCs and y-o-y recovery in Russia. Growth rate was above 6% for most of 2015 and >7% during summer. H2 2016 has seen demand lag supply slightly. Freight traffic Yields Load Factors New aircraft orders Deferrals & cancellations Recovery seen in 2015 slowed in H1/2016. YTD to Nov 2016 = 3.2%. Express/regional freight performing better. US has seen declines of 5-10%, but still well above 2008/09 levels. Aug-Nov 2016 showed decline of c5%. Costs are increasing (US labour, jet fuel up 50% in Jan 2017), so yields need to increase. Still near historically record levels. Asia much lower emerging evidence of overcapacity in some areas? Around 1,570 net orders for commercial jets. In 2016 with book to bill around 1.0. 2016 Single-aisle still >1.0 (GREEN), but twin-aisle and RJ around 0.5 (AMBER) Deferrals have ticked up following recent airline capacity adjustments from prior low level. Cancellations now just above average, although this is lower if normalised for fleet size Capacity significantly exceeding demand YTD. However, October and November showed much better growth. May have turned corner? Yields have been falling since December 2014; However, this has not been a major concern yet, as costs are down by >10% as a result of falling oil prices. Now costs are increasing, yields have stabilised. US, Middle East load factors showing slight decline. Europe mixed. China and India at historic highs. Order intake fallen sharply from the levels of 2011-2014, but new programmes sold out for several years, with limited slots now available, driving downward trend Both cancellations and deferral rate increasing in H2 2016. Most canx due to OEMs cleansing order book but deferrals reflect fleet plan adjustments (Southwest, American, Turkish, Emirates, etc) flightglobal.com/consultancy 21
Commercial Passenger Jets in Service Passenger jet fleet forecast to increase by 10,600 units in next ten years 40000 35000 30000 25000 20000 15000 10000 5000 If leasing share remained at today s 42.4% share then the portfolio would grow by a net 4,000 aircraft over the next ten years 0 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 Source: Flight Fleets Analyzer, Flight Fleet Forecast Single-Aisle Twin-Aisle flightglobal.com/consultancy 22
50% penetration is unlikely to be achieved any time soon 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 2016 Analysis 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) flightglobal.com/consultancy 23
50% penetration is still unlikely to be achieved any time soon Global passenger fleet at end of 2026 (excluding RJs) is predicted to be ~28,900 aircraft Leasing fleet in service to achieve 50% would need to be ~14,470 aircraft Equivalent leasing fleet today is ~8,300 aircraft So net addition of ~6,200 aircraft required over next ten years Flight Fleet Forecast predicts delivery of ~17,100 commercial passenger jets through 2026 ~40% of the operating lease fleet from seven years ago has been replaced; on today s fleet this equates to 3,300 aircraft that could be expected to exit the leased fleet in the next 7-10 years So to achieve 50% fleet market share by 2026, under this scenario lessors would need to add 9,500 new aircraft (6,200 growth plus 3,300 replacement) to their portfolios over the next ten years that s equivalent to 55% of new deliveries predicted over that period Even to maintain today s market share under this scenario would require ~7,300 new deliveries 43% of all new deliveries flightglobal.com/consultancy 24
2016 Deliveries Operating lessors acquired 43% of new commercial jet deliveries in 2016 500 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 Lessor direct delivery in 2016 was 20%, backlog for 2017 indicates same level of delivery expected A320ceo A320neo 737NG CSeries A330 A350 787 777 747 A380 Lessor Direct Delivery Lessor PLB at Delivery Non Lessor Delivery Source: Flight Fleets Analyzer (passenger aircraft only) flightglobal.com/consultancy 25
Conclusions The share of the commercial passenger fleet managed by operating lessors is unlikely to achieve 50% within the next ten years The net leasing portfolio growth is estimated to be around 6,200 >100 seat aircraft over the next ten years Further portfolio additions (estimated around 3,300) will be required to replace aircraft that will exit the fleet through sale at end of lease and retirement / partout At current delivery levels the portfolio is expected to remain at ~42% - 43% of the overall fleet flightglobal.com/consultancy 26
Rob Morris Head of Consultancy +44 (0)20 8564 6735 +44 (0)7730 213189 rob.morris@ascendworldwide.com flightglobal.com/consultancy 27