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Aircraft Archive: Airbus A320
Current Market Values Continue To Decline
There can be no escaping the inevitability that values of all aircraft types will face a decline during the course of 2009, the only question being of what magnitude. The values of virtually all used aircraft currently in production, excepting perhaps the B777-300ER and A380, are considered to have fallen…

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February 2, 2009
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Residual Values of Existing Products Gain From Focus on BioFuels
While the environmental lobby is clamoring for the development of new aircraft to improve the carbon emissions of the industry, the focus on alternative fuels seems to provide a means for both operators and manufacturers to delay costly replacement products. Any delay to the service entry of replacement types, particularly…

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January 19, 2009
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Market Activity Still Evident
Despite the concern over whether new aircraft set for delivery later this year will secure financing and how much further traffic can contract, there continues to be liquidity in the market. Both older and new aircraft are continuing to be traded and operators are expanding. Blue Line, a French corporate…

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January 19, 2009
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Market Values Likely to Continue to Decline Through to 2010
The cyclic condition of rising production levels and falling demand has once again emerged and threatens to undermine the current market values of both new and old aircraft. Previous cycles have demonstrated the problem of too many orders being placed during periods of growth only to be delivered in quantity…

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January 19, 2009
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Assumptions
The listing of current and future values are based on the year of build. The essential assumption is that the aircraft are being sold as a single unit and between a willing seller and willing buyer for cash. The high and low figures for October 31st 2008 current values represent…

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January 5, 2009
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Airbus List Prices Set To Fall?
While the relevance of list prices to actual net prices has long since passed, changes are still of interest, particularly when prices are increased due to specific events. Earlier in 2008 Airbus cited factors that warranted adding a further $2 million to the list price of narrowbodies and $4 million…

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December 8, 2008
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Rates Deterioate
While it is so easy to latch onto a single example and use it as the basis for a general trend, there can be no denying that the lease rentals of even the more popular types have begun to wane. The third quarter results of lessors has not indicated a…

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December 8, 2008
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Weaker Market Fails to Dent Appetite for Replacement Narrowbody
Residuals of Existing Narrowbodies Still on Course to Dip in Eight Years The market may be facing renewed weakness despite the fall in the price of fuel but the impetus for a replacement to the current crop of narrowbodies remains. The move towards a narrowbody replacement for the A320 and…

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November 10, 2008
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