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Aircraft Archive: Airbus A320
Values of A319 and B737-700 Fail to Inspire
The values of the A319 and B737-700 continue to suffer as the market increasingly favors either larger or new models. The market for the A319 and B737-700 has been suffering for some time with notable a decline in values for both types during the course of the last eighteen months.…

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May 20, 2013
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A321 Lease Rentals See Potential for Rise As Operators Seeks Lower Costs
The A321 has traditionally been viewed as a less than ideal leasing tool because the majority of operators have been the larger carriers with the resources able to acquire the type in large numbers through normal financing means but this is changing as carriers seek to reduce costs still further…

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April 8, 2013
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Levels of Distressed Discounting Stabilizes
AVAC                      May-13 May-12 Apr-10 Jun-07 Apr-03 A300-600R                    42% 40% 37% 22% 35% A310-300                      41% 39% 35% 24% 40% A319                             29% 28% 26% 14% 25% A320                             26% 27% 30% 16% 30% A321-200                      27% 27% 31% 16% 30% A330-200 26% 24% 25% 15% 30% A330-300En 21% 22%…

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April 8, 2013
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A320 Lease Rentals Improving
Rates for Older Examples Remain Under Pressure As a result of the development of the A320neo and availability of used units, lease rentals of the A320 have been under severe pressure in recent times but the trend is now being reversed as lessors gain the upper hand once more. The…

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April 8, 2013
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Increase in B737NG Transition Production Rates Will Do Little For Values
The need to generate revenues due in part to the cost implications of developing and the grounding of the B787 continues to see an increase in B737NG production rates just after Airbus announced that its A320ceo production would not increase beyond the current 42 per month. Even before the grounding…

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March 25, 2013
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….As Airbus Seeks to Maintain Prices for “Transition” Aircraft
With record production levels for the A320 family and the introduction of the A32neo looming there will be a need to be more creative in ensuring that production rates, and therefore revenue, is maintained in the run up to the service entry of the new model. While Airbus continues to…

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March 11, 2013
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Values & Rentals Continue to Decline
The exceptional grounding of the B787 has provided some respite for the B767 but not much. Some operators may now be loath to dispose of their B767s until not only the return to service of the B787 but also proven reliability. With production stretching back for more than 22 years…

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February 25, 2013
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B757 Values Further Exposed As AMR/US Airways Merge
The result of the merger between American Airlines and US Airways will create the world’s largest airline but may also cause some problems for fleet integration and therefore values. The merger of the two airlines will see the approximate 600 aircraft of American and the 350 of US Airways being…

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February 25, 2013
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