How are storage, maintenance, and retirement statuses determined?

When an aircraft stops flying, ch-aviation monitors its activity and applies the appropriate status based on how long it has been grounded, where it is located, and what information is available about its situation. Here is how each status is assigned.

Commercial aviation

• Maintenance
  When a commercial aircraft has been inactive for more than four days (five days for cargo aircraft) and is located at a known maintenance facility that serves the operator, the aircraft is assigned a Maintenance status.
• Stored
  If a commercial aircraft has been inactive for more than four days (five for cargo) and there is no maintenance facility linked to the operator at that location, the aircraft is assigned a Stored status.
• Retired
  Retirement is assessed separately, using fleet retirement announcements from operators, storage location patterns, and changes in aircraft ownership or registry records.

Business aviation

• Stored
  Business aviation aircraft naturally fly less frequently than commercial aircraft. To account for this, a Stored status is only applied when the aircraft has not flown in the last six months.

Note: If you believe a status has been applied incorrectly or you have information that would update it, use the envelope icon next to the aircraft record to contact the responsible fleet editor directly.

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