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Aircraft Archive: Airbus A320
Value of Chinese A320s Likely to be Consistent with European Examples
The flight in May of the first A320 to be assembled in China requires careful analysis as to whether such aircraft can be actively traded in the wider market and therefore justify the same value as those A320s manufactured in Europe. The first Chinese A320 was assembled in Tianjin under…

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June 8, 2009
AVN
Values of A319 Experience Significant Fall
Values of the A319, in common with all aircraft types, have suffered as the market weakens further. A319 Vital Statistics LAUNCH 05/1993 STANDARD MTOW 141,100lbs LIST PRICE 2008 $63.3-77.3m FIRST FLIGHT 08/1995 OPTIONAL MTOW 166,400lbs TYPICAL DISCOUNT 44% SERVICE ENTRY 04/1996 FUEL CAPACITY 6,300 usg VALUE Y1996 IGW $18.0m ORDERS…

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June 8, 2009
AVN
Aircraft Asset Assessment
The A319 Market Presence. The A319 has established a clearly credible market presence, even ignoring other members of the A320 family. While financing and net cost may have played a role in securing some orders, the type enjoys success based on merit. The wider cabin interior, economics, flightdeck layout including…

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June 8, 2009
AVN
Bombardier CSeries is an Aircraft “That Retains Its Value”
According to Bombardier the CSeries will retains its value even though the market segment in which it operates is already filled with highly successful aircraft. According to Bombardier Commercial Vice President Marketing, Philippe Poutissou, “The CSeries is an airplane that retains its value and has a lot of additional value…

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June 8, 2009
AVN
Values Yet to Reach Lowest Point
Values of aircraft in all sectors of the industry are continuing to fall though the rate of decline may be slowing sufficiently as to contemplate that the low point of the current downturn, in terms of values at least, will occur within the next twelve months. With operators still recording…

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May 25, 2009
AVN
Asking Prices Start to Become More Realistic
The much more somber mood of the market is at last translating into more realistic asking prices for most aircraft though there remain some anomalies. The B737-300 is available in quantity such that buyers can take their pick. A 1989 aircraft is priced at $8.5 million while another of the…

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May 25, 2009
AVN
New CFM56-7B “Evolution” Will Become Baseline for Values
Even though CFM has just introduced the /3 Tech Insertion upgrade for the CFM56s that power the A320 and B737NG families, the engine manufacturer intends to introduce the a further upgrade to those that power the Boeing product in late 2010 which should then be used as the baseline for…

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May 25, 2009
AVN
Residual Values Need To Take Account of Changes in B737NG Specification
From mid-2011 the changes to the B737NG will need to be fully reflected in the residual values of existing examples as well as those featuring the enhancements. The changes being made to the B737NG as from mid 2011 will require a change in values. The newer examples will become the…

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May 11, 2009
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