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Aircraft Archive: Airbus A330-200
Values & Rentals Face Downward Pressures
The previous exceptional demand for the B767-300ER has waned such that the much expected decline in values has commenced in earnest to the extent that during the course of the last six months, values have fallen by some fifteen percent. With production now stretching back for more than 20 years…

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March 16, 2009
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Aircraft Asset Assessment
The B767-300ER Market Presence. The B767-300ER presented the operating leasing community with the ideal tool with which to enter the widebody operating lease arena. Throughout the 1990s the B767-300ER enjoyed considerable success but then fell victim to the usual problem of lengthy production and market saturation. Past success was achieved…

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March 16, 2009
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Lease Rentals Start to Suffer
The market for widebodies had been very buoyant but the economic woes that now stretch around the globe are forcing down rates. The inevitable slowdown in production and the contraction of operations has loosened supply once again. While operators of existing widebodies are loath to actually dispose of assets in…

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March 2, 2009
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Values of B767-400 Continue to Suffer As Last is Delivered
The last B767-400 to be built has been delivered by Boeing to Boeing Business Jets for completion before being handed over to the Bahrain Royal Flight thereby signaling one of the less successful forays’ for Boeing. The designation B767-400ER is used but the range performance of the variant suggests that…

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February 2, 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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A340-500 Values Continue to Decline Despite Fall in Oil Price
The fall in the price of oil to around $65 a gallon, from the peak of nearly $150 earlier in the year, has thus far failed to halt the slide in values of the A340-500. The more modern four engined aircraft such as the A340-500, A340-600 and even B747-400 have…

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November 10, 2008
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Widebody Values Face Increased Weakness
The values of widebodies have come under increasingly threat as the worldwide credit crunch mutates into a global recession. Whereas values of more modern widebodies may have previously be protected as international operations continued to expand and fuel prices rose, the imbalance between supply and demand is leading to an…

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November 10, 2008
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Arik Air A340-500s Would Attract Significant Discounting
The swtich of three orders from Kingfisher to Arik Air with delivery due in a matter of weeks would have attracted considerable discounting. The three aircraft were already well advanced on the production line when discussions with Airbus were started earlier this year. Two aircraft are planned to be delivered…

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October 13, 2008
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