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Aircraft Archive: Airbus A319
Boeing Cites "$19.36 million" For easyJet A319s
The war of words between Boeing and Airbus has continued to hot up as the World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute intensifies with Boeing citing price cutting on the part of Airbus as a means of achieving market share. Strategic competitions, whereby one manufacturer seeks to wrestle an order away from…

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February 19, 2007
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Bumper Year For Boeing Points To Strong Values
The market for the newer narrowbodies remains as strong as ever, if not stronger, owing to the extended backlog and sustained traffic growth. In 2006, Boeing secured 729 net orders for the B737NG compared with 569 in the previous year. With just over 300 B737NG deliveries during 2006, the backlog…

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January 22, 2007
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B737-600 Values Experience Progressive Fall
The dismal display of the B737-600 orderbook, contrasting with the experience of the -700 and -800, continues to warrant a fall in values. Values of the -600 were placed "On Watch" status six years ago and to all intents, the variant has become marginalized. Marginalization indicates considerable difficulty in placing…

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January 22, 2007
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Semi-Annual Jet Aircraft Value Listing
Values Of Old & New Continue To Diverge While the values of more modern aircraft continue to improve, those of older types face terminal decline in the face of a sustained rise in fuel prices and escalating maintenance costs. The majority of aircraft in mainstream production, particularly the narrowbodies, are…

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January 8, 2007
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Potential Alitalia Bankruptcy Fails To Dent Values
While the U.S legacy carriers may be edging back from bankruptcy, the fate of Alitalia continues to hang in the balance along with its fleet of some 150 aircraft. Alitalia continues to lurch from crisis to crisis. The Italian government has set a deadline of January 31st, 2007 to find…

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December 11, 2006
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Values Of A318 Decline Despite Market Strength
The market for mainline 100 seaters such as the A318 continue to decline despite the lack of supply for other members of the B737NG and a320 families. The cancellation of the B717 program by Boeing pointed to continued difficulties for the 100-seat market. Even the departure of the B717 from…

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December 11, 2006
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Narrowbody Rentals Continue To Rise
As of the mid-year the recovery in narrowbody rentals seemed complete. Yet pressure on rentals remains as operators clamor for additional capacity. There is now an expectation that rates for most narrowbodies still in production have yet to peak. The fall in the price of fuel may not be sufficient…

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November 13, 2006
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Aircraft Asset Assessment
Market Presence. The total of 278 deliveries for the Fokker 100 represented something of a success for a European manufacturer though the number pales against the deliveries made by U.S. manufacturers and more recently Embraer and Bombardier. The orders secured from American and the then USAirways were considered important successes…

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November 13, 2006
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