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Aircraft Archive: A318
First Quarter Orders Suggest Worse is to Come
The net order book for the manufacturers failed to materially advance in the first quarter of this year, underlining the severity of the market and contrasting with the larger orders placed in the first quarter of 2008. Airbus saw three cancellations for the A318 in the first quarter, a similar…

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April 27, 2009
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Bombardier CS100 & CS300 Price Tag Bears No Resemblance to Values
The list prices of the CS100 and CS300 at more than $40 million are considerably above the net selling price. Whereas Airbus and Boeing can claim the 35-45 percent disparity between list price and net selling price is a function of history, the development of a new aircraft by Bombardier…

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April 13, 2009
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Asking Prices Continue to Show Enthusiasm
Despite the problems of the market, aircraft are still being traded including older types which would seem to hold lesser attraction. A 1987 B767-300 with a total time of 63,000 hours is being offered at a price of $9.5 million. This appears to be a reasonable figure in view of…

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March 30, 2009
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Rentals Experience Significant Fall
Lease rentals of more modern narrowbodies have fallen by more than 20 percent compared to their peak in late 2007, with the expectation that further falls are likely. The market has passed the tipping point which occurred in early February 2009. While there continues to be activity, the contraction of…

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March 30, 2009
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A318 Values Fail to Inspire
With only two outstanding orders for airline customers, the prospects for values of the A318 are not looking favorable. The total number of orders for the A318 number 83. Of these, 67 have been delivered with all 67 in operation. However, of the 16 remaining to be delivered, only two…

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March 2, 2009
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Aircraft Values Face Testing Times
The values of the newer aircraft may not be experiencing a fall of the magnitude experienced by some types during this and other downturns but the trend is clearly negative and will remain so for at least another twelve months. The values of older aircraft were the first to suffer…

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February 2, 2009
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Airbus List Prices Set To Fall?
While the relevance of list prices to actual net prices has long since passed, changes are still of interest, particularly when prices are increased due to specific events. Earlier in 2008 Airbus cited factors that warranted adding a further $2 million to the list price of narrowbodies and $4 million…

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December 8, 2008
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Rates Deterioate
While it is so easy to latch onto a single example and use it as the basis for a general trend, there can be no denying that the lease rentals of even the more popular types have begun to wane. The third quarter results of lessors has not indicated a…

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December 8, 2008
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