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Aircraft Archive: Airbus A319
6 Percent Rise In List Prices Contrasts With Falling Net Prices
First List Price Rise in Two Years The near six percent rise in Airbus list prices between 2008 and 2010 contrasts sharply with low rates of consumer inflation and further distances list prices from net prices. After hiking list prices between 2007 and 2008 by nearly five percent in response…

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February 15, 2010
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MRJ Starts to Impact Existing Regional Jet Values
Despite the service entry of the Mitsubishi Regional Jet still being at least four years away, the new aircraft is making an impact on the current and residual values of existing regional jets. The refinement of the MRJ design has seen the composite wing being replaced with a more traditional…

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February 1, 2010
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Assumptions
The listing of current and future values are based on the year of build. The essential assumption is that the aircraft are being sold as a single unit and between a willing seller and willing buyer for cash. The high and low figures for October 31st 2009 current values represent…

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January 4, 2010
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“Sharklet” Set To Become New Baseline for A320 Family Values
The introduction of the “sharklet” on the A320 family as from 2012 will eventually become standard such that the values of those aircraft not featuring the wingtip device will need to be discounted. The sharklet seeks to provide a 3.5 percent improvement in fuel burn on longer sectors. The lower…

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December 7, 2009
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Low Point for Narrowbody Values Approaching
The values of the more modern narrowbodies have experienced a virtually unprecedented decline over the course of the last two years. Having experienced such a fall, there are likely to be lesser declines in the near future. However, an improvement is not expected until 2011. With the peak in values…

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November 23, 2009
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Recovery In Rentals Still Six Months Away
Lease rentals of even the more popular aircraft types are considered to have sustained further falls in the context of still fragile demand. Comparing lease rentals on a like for like basis can be difficult given the influence of interest rates. The lack of credit initially drove LIBOR up despite…

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October 26, 2009
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B737RE & A320RE Programs Gather Pace Forcing Residual Value Analysis
With the aviation industry needing to deliver on a target of halving aircraft emissions by 2050, the move towards an interim solution for more efficient narrowbodies draws ever closer, making it necessary to continually re-assess residual value forecasts. A radical solution to reduced fuel efficiency and emissions is now some…

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October 12, 2009
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B737-500 Values Experience Substantive Decline
The values of the -500, in common with other members of the B737 Classic family, have experienced a considerable decline over the course of the last eighteen months. The introduction of new larger regional jets as well as a changing structure and ageing product life cycle means that the B737-500…

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August 31, 2009
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