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Announcement, Ascend Consultancy

Ascend by Cirium wins Appraiser of the Year for eighth time

January 17, 2023

The award continues our legacy of remaining the most awarded aircraft appraiser in the industry.

DUBLIN, January 17, 2023: Ascend by Cirium have won Appraiser of the Year for the eighth time in the prestigious Airline Economics Aviation 100, Global Leaders Award 2023.

The award was presented to Ascend by Cirium in Dublin last night during the Growth Frontiers conference hosted by Airline Economics.

Ascend was recognized by industry peers from across the aircraft leasing, finance, and airline sectors.

This year in particular, voters were asked to consider nominees’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including criteria such as crisis response and future resilience.

Rob Morris

Rob Morris, Ascend by Cirium global head of consultancy, said: “We are thrilled to bring home this award for the eighth time.

The award continues our legacy of remaining the most awarded aircraft appraiser in the industry. It also reflects the strength of our valued relationships, and we are grateful to all our clients and supporters who voted for us.    

This award demonstrates the passion and commitment of our team. Ascend by Cirium are proud to retain the largest team of aircraft appraisers in the industry, with our global roster growing from 10 to 12 certified appraisers in the last year.

As the aviation market continues its recovery in 2023, we look forward to working with clients to give them the trusted insight and analysis needed to understand market outlook, evaluate risks, and identify opportunities.”

From left: Joe O’Mara, Head of Aviation Finance, KPMG Ireland with Michael Graham, Max Kingsley-Jones, Rob Morris, George Dimitroff and Alex Vathylakis from Ascend by Cirium.

For media enquiries please contact:
Cirium PR: media@cirium.com
The PC Agency (UK and Europe): cirium@pc.agency
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Tribe PR (China): cirium@thetribechina.com

About Ascend by Cirium

Ascend by Cirium offers market leading expertise to help inform and drive successful customer strategies in the commercial aviation industry. Its global team of consultants and analysts work with clients to improve the management of aircraft investments, financial strategies, residual value risks and aviation assets.

To learn more about Ascend, visit the Ascend by Cirium page. And, follow Ascend by Cirium on LinkedIn.

About Cirium

Cirium brings together powerful data and analytics to keep the world moving. Delivering insight, built from decades of experience in the sector, enabling travel companies, aircraft manufacturers, airports, airlines and financial institutions, among others, to make logical and informed decisions which shape the future of travel, growing revenues and enhancing customer experiences. Cirium is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. The shares of RELX PLC are traded on the London, Amsterdam and New York Stock Exchanges using the following ticker symbols: London: REL; Amsterdam: REN; New York: RELX.

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