What is the Aircraft Events Data Feed?

The Aircraft Events Data Feed is a comprehensive data feed that tracks every significant change across an aircraft's life cycle — from the moment it enters service to the day it is retired. It is designed for customers who need a reliable, structured, and continuously updated record of aircraft activity across global fleets.

What events does the feed cover?

The feed captures all major milestones and transitions in an aircraft's history, including:

• Delivery — when an aircraft is delivered to an operator for the first time
• Operator transition — changes in the airline or entity operating the aircraft
• Re-delivery — when an aircraft is returned and subsequently delivered to a new operator
• Conversion — changes in aircraft type, such as passenger-to-freighter conversions
• Variant and configuration change — updates to the specific variant or cabin configuration
• Registration change — updates to an aircraft's tail number or country of registration
• Retirement — when an aircraft is permanently withdrawn from service
• Write-off —  when an aircraft changes status to beyond repair or crashed, but it's not scrapped
• Firm order — a confirmed aircraft purchase
• Option order — a non-binding agreement that gives the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to purchase an aircraft later
• Order cancellation — a firm or option aircraft order is cancelled
• First flight —   an aircraft's first-ever flight
• Operator retirement — an operator retires the aircraft from its fleet; the aircraft may later enter service with another operator
• Scrapped — the aircraft is permanently retired and dismantled for parts

Who is this feed for?

The Aircraft Events Data Feed is particularly valuable for customers who need to monitor fleet movements and lifecycle changes at scale — such as aircraft lessors, MRO providers, financial institutions, and aviation data analysts. Rather than manually tracking individual aircraft records, the feed delivers structured event data that can be integrated directly into your own systems and workflows.

How is the data delivered?

The data is available through AWS S3 buckets as .csv files with a fully coherent data sample set available allowing all of ch-aviation’s data sets to be joined with each other to make the most use of the data for your internal use.

If you would like to learn more about the Aircraft Events Data Feed, access to our AWS sample data bucket, or discuss whether it is the right solution for your needs, please reach out to our team at sales@ch-aviation.com.

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