﻿Morocco plans to invest billions in plane storage and recycling business
The global market for commercial aircraft disassembly, dismantling,
and recycling was worth USD 4.57 billion in 2019 and is expected to reach USD 5.40 billion by 2027,
growing at a 7.36 percent compound annual growth rate throughout the forecast period (2020-2027).
Aircraft decommissioning is a multidisciplinary process that considers a variety of factors,
including the aircraft's environmental, safety, legal,
operational, and economic impacts. The decommissioning procedure occurs once
the aircraft has reached the end of its useful life. It entails the disassembly of airplanes,
dismantling of engines, component deconstruction, and recycling of valuable parts and components.
Facing facts, the recycling of planes is a new business which is more lucrative and is
taking off under the effect of regulations and especially the arrival at the end of life of
the aircraft of the 80s and 90s if we takes into account the lifespan of these machines
which, even if they are excellently maintained, should not exceed the half-century age bracket.
According to the Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association (AFRA), in the next 20 years,
around 12,000 commercial aircraft will be retired and will be decommissioned. Hence, the
rising number of retired aircraft will propel the growth of the market during the forecast period.
Morocco is planning to set up an aircraft boneyard near the Oujda Angad airport,
oriental region of the Kingdom. This project has been unveiled by Morocco’s National Airports
Office (ONDA) which has called for international tenders to build and operate a centre for the
storage, disassembly and recycling of retired airplanes, hereinafter referred to as “Project”.
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In its first phase, the site will cover a 10-hectare area
which can be extended up to 54 hectares depending on the operator’s growth activities. As such,
ONDA launched an international call for tenders open from 04/15/2021 to 06/08 2021, in order to
select a single partner or a single group of partners, whose objective will be the design,
construction, financing and operation of the Project. After studying the proposals
of the bidders, the ONDA will announce the winner of the renewable 10-year contract.
The ONDA is preparing to launch in Oujda, because the plane, even at the end of its life, remains a
lucrative source of income. It is more interesting to put a plane in such a center than to immobilize
it in an airport parking lot at an exorbitant price.
It just goes to show that this is not an aircraft cemetery as "The vulgarly" said. In addition, the
manufacturers, Airbus and Boeing do not hesitate to practice an aggressive pricing policy to push
even secondary companies to buy new aircraft rather than sourcing from the second-hand market,
which, from cause and effect, is becoming so. The recycling process helps to generate the
residual value from aircraft recycled materials such as carbon fibers. Technological advancements
in the automotive industry have facilitated the use of carbon fiber for automotive components. The
carbon composites obtained from recycled plastic and waste materials are used in the automotive
domain for the manufacturing of diesel-based engine components. This will have a positive
impact on the market growth for commercial aircraft disassembly, dismantling, and recycling.
Recycling is encouraged more and more nowadays,
dismantling even becomes for large companies a lever for reducing maintenance costs.
Many of them de-bone their own devices in-house to re-equip others with vital
parts that are both still in good condition and less expensive. The savings range from 40%
for spare parts to 70% for engine parts. Equipment of all kinds as varied (engines, fuselages, etc.)
thus find a new life after being re-certified, at prices up to 70% or even 80% cheaper.
The recycled material is available at a lower cost thus, the automotive companies
are focusing on using recycled materials for various components and systems.
Moreover, stringent government norms related to environmental safety
are facilitating the use of recycled aircraft material in the automotive domain.
Following the outbreak of the coronavirus which hit hard the global travel industry,
airline companies grounded their fleets and struggled to find a space for planes
as storage facilities were completely full. The global demand is increasing as carriers are
facing more headwinds. Many analysts think that a return to pre-covid levels is going to take many
years. In 2020, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) estimated losses in the sector
at more than $ 84 billion. However this did not affect the carcass but rather the “displacement”
and the construction which should resume its course, once the infinitely small defeated.
The aging of aircraft consists of three main aspects, namely, fatigue, maintenance, and safety
of the aircraft. However, the rate at which an individual aircraft ages is dependent on several
factors such as the replacement of aircraft fleet and components that further denote the life-cycle
of an aircraft. In the storage or retirement facilities set for aircrafts, planes can be
either parked or stored for long periods and then returned to service, or broken up to sell their
parts. It is generally cheaper to park an aircraft at a storage facility than at an airport.
This activity of the most profitable, however remains the prerogative of the market of the
developed countries and is divided between North America and Europe as well as Israel or Australia.
The market size in North America stood at USD 1.97 billion in 2019.
The dominance of this region is attributable to the presence of major players in the market
and the rising demand from maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) for commercial aircraft in the
U.S. This, along with the presence of favorable government policies and required infrastructure
facilities in the U.S. and Canada, is responsible for the dominance of North America in the market.
Key actors are involved in the design and development of improved and cost-effective
disassembly, dismantling, and recycling processes that incorporate innovative
technology systems. Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are looking forward
to developing technologically enhanced software and hardware systems to help with this process.
Furthermore, the corporations are looking forward to forming strong alliances with those in both
developed and emerging markets. Morocco, emboldened by its active aeronautic sector,
qualified workforce, and competitive assets, wants a piece of this profitable
business as the aviation industry becomes greener with technology breakthroughs,
outperforming obsolete planes that become commercially unviable. Morocco aims to
invest in it for good cause, as the Kingdom's aeronautical activity has grown in recent years.
This plan for a storage, deconstruction, and recycling center, as well as plane dismantling
in Oujda-Angad, should not be a hindrance for our technicians, especially since the Kingdom does not
lack human resources or labor to reuse spare parts and engines intended for aeronautics but also for
other purposes and industries in parallel or not. Material traceability and sorting is a
long-term procedure for sorting out aircraft components and materials
following aircraft disassembly. This procedure is utilized to improve the facility's recycling rates
and reduce trash. Material traceability and sorting are time-consuming processes that
necessitate the use of a professional team to sort out the useful aircraft components.
According to experts, the plane’s engines and spare parts can be reused in other aircraft or
sold to training companies where they are used for pilots, aircrew and even counter-terror exercises.
Besides the aircraft engine, other valuable parts include the air conditioning system, the escape
chutes and the landing gear. Furthermore, the plane’s recycled metals, especially aluminum,
can be used in the manufacturing, car, construction and bicycle industries.
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