Frequently asked questions

Airframer is a directory of the aerospace manufacturing supply chain: who supplies what, on which aircraft programs. It covers around 1,400 active programs, more than 10,600 verified supplier companies and tens of thousands of confirmed supply relationships, researched and maintained by an editorial team in the UK. It is published by Stansted News Limited, under licence from Airframer Limited.

No: Airframer is a directory, not a parts dealer or broker. We can’t provide quotes, stock levels, certification paperwork or lead times for any component. What we can do is show you who makes it: search the directory by category, program or product and contact the supplier directly.

Three streams: our own editorial research; announcements and releases from manufacturers and suppliers; and submissions from the companies themselves through the update page. Company-submitted changes are reviewed by our team before publication.

Not necessarily. Information is compiled from a variety of sources, and links do not necessarily imply recommendation or confirmation by the airframe manufacturer.

The directory is updated continuously, and the news pages and weekly email Bulletin carry the latest supply chain contract announcements.

Basic listings are free. If your company supplies an active aircraft program, tell us — the fastest route is to log in and go to the update page. Give us the program, what you supply, and something we can verify it against. Our researchers confirm before anything is published.

But you don’t need a named aircraft program to be listed. If you supply components, materials or services to a higher tier in the aerospace manufacturing chain — a systems integrator, a tier-one or another manufacturer — tell us that too, and who your customer is. It helps to ask that customer whether we may record the relationship, so we can show the connection even where the specific program isn’t public.

Authorised contacts can edit the entry directly at the update page: contact details, categories, program links and products. Every change is queued for review by our team, so edits appear after checking rather than instantly.

The marketing and decision-maker contacts we hold on record for your company. If you should have access and don’t, ask via the contact page and we’ll verify you.

Free visitors see shortened lists; subscribers see everything. Companies with an Enhanced entry are always shown, even in the shortened lists — that’s part of what Enhanced buys.

Yes, in the categories where product listings are enabled — those with prominent, named product lines (avionics, engines and the like). Authorised contacts manage product entries through the update page, including which programs each product serves.

A lot: news, program overviews, and the directory with shortened lists. Creating a free account adds a little more. Full lists, full company detail and full program supply chains need a subscription.

Standard unlocks the full directory for reading: complete lists, nothing obscured, full contact details. Analytics adds the Analytics section: eight detailed market comparison tools, and perspective on most product/program links. It also enables the downloads system — reports and spreadsheets available to buy with purchased download tokens — and commissioned research: bespoke analyst reports answering your own questions, quoted per question and paid with the same tokens.

Download tokens can be purchased by those with an Analytics subscription and never expire. Spending tokens unlocks a parcel — a sector or a program — for a year: its report, PDF and data spreadsheet download. Tokens also pay for commissioned research. Full details and prices ›

Analytics subscribers can put any question to the Airframer record in plain words — a company in depth, a competitive field, a market’s dated events — and receive a bespoke analyst report. Each question is quoted individually before anything is charged: the quote plays your question back as it was read, summarises what the report will cover, and names a price in download tokens; accept it and the report is compiled and delivered on the reports page, usually well within the hour. Every dated claim links to its Airframer source page, every population ships with a live query you can re-run as the record grows, and analyst judgment is labelled as such. Every report also includes externally verified context — dated, source-labelled material from trade press, regulatory filings and company statements, added only where it materially changes a reading. Delivered reports can later be refreshed against the current record at half price. A question the record cannot support honestly is declined or reframed, without charge.

That program has a sponsor: their support opens the page’s supplier breakdown and other listed data for every visitor, credited to the sponsor.

Subscriptions come in single-user and multi-user bands — the subscribe page shows both prices, and a two-year option saves 10%. Sharing one login outside its band isn’t permitted.

Yes, of course, and many of the airframers and tier one manufacturers do just that. Contact Julia or Rosie by email to discuss the options, which include multiple logins or multi-site IP-range access.

Prices are shown ex-VAT and VAT is added at checkout where applicable. Copy invoices are available on your login page, and for queries please contact Katherine - details on the contact page.

Three rungs: an Enhanced entry (stand out everywhere your company appears), an exclusive sponsorship of a sector or aircraft program (one sponsor per market — your brand on the pages every buyer in that market uses), and the web banner packages across the site and the weekly Bulletin. The advertise page has details and an availability checker.

Use the availability checker on the advertise page, or ask Brad. If it’s taken we’ll tell you when it expires and hold first refusal for you.

Conservatively, in your favour as a buyer of them: an impression only counts when the ad was actually viewable on a real visitor’s screen (at least half visible for at least a second), with bots and our own office traffic filtered out.

Thank you — corrections make the directory. If it’s your own company’s entry, fix it via the update page. Anything else: you will find a "Tell us" link at the bottom of the page concerned.

Yes — the weekly Bulletin carries the week’s supply chain contract news. Request a regular copy on the subscribe page.

Ask for an access code by email on the login page first, then change your password using the form. If that does not work, please don't hesitate to contact us for assistance.