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Aircraft Archive: Airbus A320
Price of Aircraft “Barely” Rise Over 20 Years Impacting Used Aircraft Values
While the low inflation rates over the last years and the expectation that such levels will be maintained through to the end of the decade have inevitably been viewed as major contributing factors to the lack of improvement in the value of new aircraft, the last 25 years has seen…

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June 15, 2015
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Values Experience Age Related Decline
The Paris Air Show this week will be the venue for the announcement of another raft of orders from Airbus and other manufacturers further exacerbating the imbalance between supply and demand. While the backlog continues to extend this is no longer having a positive effect on either new or used…

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June 15, 2015
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Asking Prices for Airbus Aircraft Remain Realistic
While there continues to be some “enthusiastic” pricing with respect to the sale and leaseback transactions – approximately $300 million for example for a new A380 – at the other end of the spectrum, the price of older used aircraft remains more realistic. A 1989 A300-600R is being advertised for…

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May 18, 2015
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Lease Rentals Stable Despite Backlog
Based on strong traffic growth and a record backlog lease rentals should be rising but competition among lessors is still sufficiently strong as to keep lease rentals stable. The competition from newer lessors eager to secure market share as quickly as possible are allowing the less financially secure lessees to…

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May 18, 2015
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Values Of A318 Experience Stability
Values of the A318 have experienced a significant fall in the last few years such that they have reached a measure of stability though some ten already having been scrapped. The last A318 has long since been delivered and as a commercial aircraft, the type has a very limited role.…

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May 4, 2015
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Residual Values Favor Larger Narrowbodies as Upsizing Continues
The dynamics of the market have changed such that there is increasing emphasis on larger aircraft which could serve to displace existing smaller capacity equipment. As traffic continues to grow operators will have to increasingly make the decision of whether to increase the size of the fleet or increase the…

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May 4, 2015
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Aircraft Asset Assessment: A318
Market Presence. Values having fallen so far already suggests that they will remain stable though some 10 ex Frontier aircraft have already been scrapped. 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…

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May 4, 2015
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Values of A320neo & B737MAX Show Convergence
The differential in values between the A320neo and B737MAX is already smaller than between A320ceo and B737NG but the potential offered by the Space-Flex offers the prospect of even closer values. The 180 seating capacity of the A320 has long been a factor in its lower value when compared to…

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April 20, 2015
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