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22 October 2018

IBA GROUP LAUNCHES ITS NEW ONLINE AVIATION INTELLIGENCE SERVICE: IBA IQ TRENDS

IBA Group, an award winning international aviation consultancy, launches its new online market intelligence and analysis platform IBA iQ Trends, for investors, lessors, airlines and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs).

Unlike other static aviation and airline data sets, IBA iQ Trends combines key economic data and world events in real time, with historical, current and future values and lease rates for commercial aircraft and engines.

Overlaying live and historic data on oil prices, CPI, inflation, LIBOR rates, ISTAT defined values, currency and exchange rates, swap rates, fleet events and lease end dates means that IBA customers can extract customisable graphics to visualise the market, track economic conditions and trends and build a complete picture of trading liquidity from one online platform.

Understanding the impact of historical cycles in the aviation industry correlated with world events enables users of iQ Trends to view the current market and influences with an additional level of market intelligence.  Users can create interactive, up to date pictures of assets to inform strategic planning, predict likely market direction and test factors which could influence the value and successful management of their portfolios.

Dr Stuart Hatcher, Chief Operating Officer, IBA Group explains “We believe that the introduction of live market and economic data is a game changer. IBA iQ Trends seamlessly integrates world and economic events with data on aircraft fleets, age analysis, values and lease rates, OEM production schedules and aircraft list.   When you also add in our own primary data and intelligence gathered from decades of undertaking appraisals, technical assessments, aircraft and engine valuations and fleet management, the iQ Trends platform offers our customers a user friendly platform to access IBA’s expertise and opinion on market performance, trends, risk and investment opportunities.

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Notes to Editors

About IBA

IBA Group provides independent expert business analysis to commercial and business aviation clients, aircraft/engine manufacturers and operators.

About IBA.iQ

IBA.iQ is the leading platform for aviation intelligence.  Trends is the latest module to join the platform, following iQ Values and iQ Fleets.

·         iQ Values incorporates ISTAT defined values and our insight to provide a deeper independent insight so that customers can build portfolios keep up to date with current and forecast values and lease rates to leverage returns, drive profitable growth and limit business risk.

·         iQ Fleets is built from aircraft data collated over more than 30 years, enabling customers to research analyse and review market trends for aircraft types and specifications.  iQ Fleets provides all the insight needed for profitable growth and includes lease end dates that can identify aircraft for redelivery maintenance and reconfiguration, part-out candidates, and feedstock for freighter conversion.

Established in 1988 IBA’s services to the aviation industry include:

·         asset valuations and feasibility studies

·         maximising the life cycle of assets and portfolios

·         advisory services to reduce risk and cost

·         industry and sector research and analysis

IBA was awarded Airline Economics’ ‘Appraiser of the Year 2018’. 

For further information on please contact:

Claire Scotter, Public Relations: claire.scotter@iba.aero

+44 (0) 1372 224488 or 07825891168