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Aircraft Archive: Airbus A320
Sizeable Order Backlog Masks Potential Value Weakness
The significant backlogs recorded by the principal manufacturers as of March 31st 2011 continue to obscure profound uncertainty surrounding the values of narrowbodies. At the end of March 2011, Airbus still had a backlog of 3,434 and Boeing a remarkably similar 3,445. This compares with a backlog of 3,693 and…

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May 9, 2011
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Lease Rentals Fail to Advance
While there continues to be exceptional demand for new aircraft lease rentals remain steady with those for the A320 facing a measure of weakness due to greater used availability. Rentals are provided by The Aircraft Value Analysis Company www.aircraftvalues.net or www.aircraftvalues.com. Rates are quoted in thousands of US dollars per…

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May 9, 2011
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A300-600R Faces Sustained Downward Pressure
Values of the -600R are facing continual downward pressure as advancing age takes its toll. The B787 already represents a formidable replacement for the -600R and the A350 will present the existing model with fresh challenges. But the B787 is not the cause of the fall. The type has an…

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May 9, 2011
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Embraer 190 Values Rise As Demand Increases & Order Tally Exceeds 500
The values of the E190 have continued to rise over the last quarter as the order tally for the E190 as a variant exceeds 500 and as orders for the E-Jets as a whole pass the 1,000 mark. In contrast to the 50 seat market, which represents something of an…

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April 25, 2011
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Rising Fuel Prices Favors Newer Aircraft
The month of February 2011 saw only a marginal improvement in freight traffic compared to the same month in 2010 although a year ago freight traffic was registering significant improvements. The price of fuel remains a concern for the freight market. Freight forwarders have traditionally been quick to apply fuel…

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April 25, 2011
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Asking Prices Remain Optimistic
With funding still difficult to locate the sale of used aircraft can be difficult with considerable resources required during the remarketing process. An A310 built in 1985 has an asking price of $7.2 million while two low time A310-200 converted freighters have an asking price of $6 million each which…

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April 25, 2011
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Rising Fuel Prices Puts Temporary Brake on Value Improvement
Load Factors Slip As Capacity Increases Preventing Rise In Values The recovery in values is beginning to lose momentum as the market starts to suffer from the effects of higher fuel prices, leaving the fate of used aircraft in limbo. The price of jet fuel has risen significantly over the…

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March 14, 2011
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Value of C919 Starts to Infiltrate Western Philosophy
After a decade of product consistency the narrowbody sector is in a state of flux as a result of the A320NEO, musings over a replacement for the B737NG and now greater interest in the Comac C919. Launched on September 9th 2009, the Comac (Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China) carries the…

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February 14, 2011
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