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Aircraft Archive: A318
Lease Rentals Start to Rise
The much awaited occasion of the rise in lease rentals and therefore the recovery, is in evidence - at least for the newer aircraft types. Rentals are provided by The Aircraft Value Analysis Company www.aircraftvalues.net or www.aircraftvalues.com. Rates are quoted in thousands of US dollars per month and exclude maintenance…

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August 2, 2010
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Values Of A318 Continue to Fall
With only 83 orders and 73 deliveries the appetite for the A318 is clearly limited though much better than for the B737-600. Even the departure of the B7347-600 and B717 from the competition ring did not lead to improved market conditions for the A318. With a virtually static order book…

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July 5, 2010
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Aircraft Asset Assessment: A318
Market Presence. As a member of the A320 family, technology is not an issue for the A318. Technical obsolescence will not feature for some years or at least until the A320 family is upgraded or replaced. The interior of the A318, providing a wider diameter than the competition, is already…

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July 5, 2010
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Used Simulator Values Face Contradictory Pressures
At a price of some $15 million a new simulator represents a sizeable investment for airlines and dedicated facilities such that orders for new simulators have been few in number in recent years. At a time when record deliveries of aircraft are being made, the number of new simulator deliveries…

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July 5, 2010
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Newer Narrowbody Values Near Trough
The values of the newer narrowbodies have a little way to go before they reach the bottom. With values of the narrowbodies in production having fallen by more than 20 percent since the start of the recession, there is at last some light at the end of the tunnel. However,…

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June 7, 2010
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Lease Rentals Continue to Show Stability
The lease rentals of the majority of jets have continued to behave as expected and remained stable. Whatever the negatives there is greater interest in aircraft leasing. Air Lease Corporation is close to being formed with former executives from ILFC and finance has been secured. Avolon of Ireland is close…

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May 10, 2010
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Possible E-Jet Re-engining Creates Residual Value Uncertainty
Regional Jet Residuals Placed “On Watch” The possibility that both Airbus and Boeing may re-engine their respective A320 and B737 families is now impacting the regional jet market as Embraer ponders the future of its E-Jet in the face of potential operating efficiency erosion, thereby making it necessary to reconsider…

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April 26, 2010
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Revived Fokker 100 Will Face Tough Market & Potentially Weak Values
The attempt by NG Aircraft to restart production of the Fokker 100 is fraught with difficulty and placing any value on the aircraft will likely involve the same hurdles as calculating those for other non-Western regional jets. With Embraer considering re-engining based on an existing but much more modern design…

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April 26, 2010
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