Story ID: 309
Life Cycle Cost 16.2 Upgrade is Available
By: Samantha Cartaino
Caption: Conklin & de Decker’s upgrade for the financial planning software includes data for new aircraft and a five-year analysis format. 
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Conklin & de Decker’s Life Cycle Cost 16.2 is now available. The upgrade for the financial planning and budgeting software includes information for the Embraer Legacy 450, Piper M600, Daher TBM 930, Airbus Helicopters BK117B2-850, Robinson R44 Cadet and the Diamond DA42-VI. It also features a five-year format from Conklin’s Aircraft Cost Analysis program, which provides a side-by-side analysis of either three different aircraft or the same aircraft in three different acquisition forms. Conklin & de Decker is demonstrating its software at Booth 4219.

The Life Cycle Cost program continues to provide aircraft owners, operators, flight department managers and consultants with researched ownership and operating cost information for more than 460 jet, turboprop, helicopter and piston aircraft. The newest version of this program features more than 7,000 updated aircraft costs that cover fuel, crew salaries, aircraft inspections, overhauls and retirement items.

The output from Life Cycle Cost helps users by providing the operations department with a 12-month budget analysis or up to 20-year cost projection for variable and fixed costs. Because the program calculates the net present value and after-tax cash flow for corporate and commercial operators, finance departments can compare the net present value of different acquisition or disposition methods for multiple aircraft.