What data actually exists about this industry, who typically holds it, at what granularity, and how obtainable it is. Public means openly published; purchasable is sold by a vendor; partnership needs a bilateral deal; exclusive is effectively locked up by one party.
| Data category | Who holds it | Granularity | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| registry/licensing/permits | National civil aviation authorities (FAA registry, EASA/national registers, Cayman/Aruba/Ireland registries), Cape Town Convention… | per aircraft/engine serial number, per ownership or lease registration event | public |
| employment & workforce | Lessors' HR, national statistical offices (Eurostat SBS, Ireland CSO given Dublin leasing cluster), LinkedIn-derived vendors | annual headcount per company/country | public |
| financial filings | Listed lessors (AerCap, Air Lease, FTAI, Willis Lease), ABS/EETC issuers and trustees, SEC/EDGAR, rating agencies | quarterly company accounts; monthly ABS servicer reports per portfolio and per… | public |
| incident/safety/claims | NTSB/AAIB and equivalents, ICAO ADREP, aviation insurers and brokers (Marsh, WTW), lessors' claims records | per occurrence per aircraft; annual insurance loss aggregates | public |
| waste & emissions | Lessors' ESG/TCFD disclosures, EU ETS and CORSIA operator reporting, aircraft recycling firms (AFRA-accredited) | annual portfolio-level CO2 intensity; per-airframe teardown recycling rates | public |
| production output | Airbus, Boeing, Embraer, ATR order & delivery books; OEM monthly reports | per delivery: aircraft type, MSN, customer/lessor | public |
| transactional/sales | Aircraft trading data vendors (Cirium Fleets, AviationWeek/Aviation Week Network Fleet Discovery, JetNet, Amstat for business jets)… | per aircraft sale/lease/sale-leaseback transaction | purchasable |
| pricing | Appraisal firms and lease-rate publishers (Ascend by Cirium, IBA, AVAC, Collateral Verifications, mba Aviation), lessor commercial teams | monthly/quarterly lease rate and market value per aircraft type-variant and… | purchasable |
| inventory & supply chain | Part-out and parts traders (AerSale, VAS Aero, GA Telesis), engine leasing companies (Willis Lease), parts marketplaces (ILS, PartsBase) | per part number / per engine module in stock, listed availability | purchasable |
| geospatial/movement | ADS-B networks (Flightradar24, FlightAware, ADS-B Exchange, OpenSky), used by lessors to verify utilization and location of leased assets | per flight leg per tail number, near-real-time positions | purchasable |
| booking/utilization/occupancy | Lessors' portfolio management systems; fleet vendors deriving in-service/parked/stored status; ABS servicer reports | per aircraft lease status, lease start/end date, utilization hours per month | partnership |
| quality & compliance testing | Aviation authorities (airworthiness certificates, AD compliance), lessors' redelivery inspection reports, independent technical inspectors | per aircraft per inspection / per airworthiness directive | partnership |
| sensor/IoT | Airlines and OEMs via ACARS/QAR/engine health monitoring (GE, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce, Airbus Skywise); shared with lessors only… | per flight per engine/airframe parameter stream | exclusive |
| maintenance & asset condition | Lessors' technical teams, MRO shops, airline operators, engine OEM programmes (Rolls-Royce TotalCare, GE OnPoint), records-management… | per aircraft/engine: flight hours, cycles, time since overhaul, check history… | exclusive |
Compiled by the TriData research system from public registers, industry structure and regulatory reporting obligations; refreshed as the underlying catalogue grows. Look up the code itself in the NACE code finder.