Global Aerospace: Aircraft Parking and Retirement Tracker

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Global Aerospace: Aircraft Parking and Retirement Tracker

Equity Research

26 May 2026

Global Aerospace

Aircraft Parking and Retirement

Tracker Industry Update

We track total commercial aircraft parking and retirement European Aerospace & Defence

levels in order to estimate and analyse the capacity exiting NEUTRAL

the active fleet and the potential implications for aftermarket European Aerospace & Defence

Milene Kerner

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milene.kerner@barclays.com

BBI, Paris

Commercial aircraft parking currently stands at ~5,960 aircraft, representing ~15% of the

installed base. Narrow-body and wide-body parking are in the ~12% range, while regional Afonso Osorio, CFA

aircraft parking is significantly higher at ~24% (Figure 2). Airbus parking, impacted by the +44 (0)20 3134 7016

afonso.osorio@barclays.comongoing GTF inspections, currently represents ~13% of the fleet, while Boeing parking levels

Barclays, UK

(including McDonnell Douglas) are at ~12% (Figure 15).

Middle Eastern parking has been on the decline versus peak in late February / early March,

with the commercial parking now at ~24% of the installed fleet (vs ~39% at peak in February

and ~17% at the end of 2025). NB parking in the region now represents ~25% of the fleet (vs

~40% at peak in February and ~16% at the end of 2025). The WB parking in the region, which

serves as a hub for long-haul travel, now represents ~13% of the fleet (vs ~29% at peak in

February and ~12% at the end of 2025) (Figure 36).

Narrow-body parking in line with pre-pandemic levels excluding GTF impact: With the

exclusion of the parking headwinds coming from the mandatory inspections of the GTF engines,

the parking level of narrow-body aircraft stands at ~10% of the installed fleet, in line with the