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Aircraft Archive: Airbus A320NEO
Residual Value Risk Increasing As Rentals Remain Weak
Competition & Lessee Difficulties Raises Prospect of Future Impairment The competition among lessors continues to be intense with lease rentals for both narrowbodies and widebodies lower than lessors would wish or desire. For the lessors to achieve security and to be able to finance expansion and replacement aircraft, the majority…

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February 18, 2019
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Airbus Investigates Replacement for A320neo & A350 Re-engining
Residuals Need to Reflect Changing Product Line in Long Term Residual value projections rarely assume that the status quo will be maintained over a 15-25 time horizon and as such market based forecasts will expect that current models will be upgraded and indeed, replaced. Market based forecasts are constantly anticipating…

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January 21, 2019
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Prices of New A320s Hardly Changed in 20 Years
The value of a new A320ceo (low gross weight, non sharklet, no SpaceFlex) at less than $42 million is virtually the same as 20 years ago. When entering service in 1988 the value of a new A320 approximated just over $30 million. The value of a new A320 increased rapidly…

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January 21, 2019
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Semi-Annual Jet Aircraft Value Listing
Competitive Pricing of New Aircraft Continues to Impact Used Values The record backlog is not preventing the two principal protagonists from engaging in significant competition, thereby affecting new net pricing and used values of both narrowbodies and widebodies. The combined backlog of Airbus and Boeing amounted to over 13,100 aircraft…

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January 7, 2019
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Disappointing E2 Orders Could Impact Residual Values
The recent service entry of the Embraer E2 should be the occasion for celebration but at present the limited number of orders for the type and the uncertainty with respect to the takeover by Boeing provides for a measure of uncertainty with respect to current and future market values. In…

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December 10, 2018
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Engine Life Limited Parts Remain Major Cost Item for Operators
The cost of the life limited parts continues to be a major cost item for operators and even with the recent agreement between the CFM and IATA over the use of PMA parts, the current situation will likely not change in the near term. Engine technology has advanced significantly from…

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December 10, 2018
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Transitioning Product Line Impacts Values of Outgoing Models
Demand Insufficient to Hide Vulnerability of Types Coming to End of Production Demand for aircraft, as evidenced by higher than trend traffic and an extensive – record - backlog, would seem to suggest that values for nearly all types should be rising but the process of replacement is taking its…

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November 12, 2018
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Historical Value Trend of A320 Shows Volatility
The values of the A320 have experienced considerable volatility over the last 20 years but have shown some stability, at least for the last few years and assuming a relatively young aircraft. In terms of the A320neo a measure of parity with the B737-8 has been achieved but for the…

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October 1, 2018
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