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Aircraft Archive: Airbus A330-200
Austrian Restructuring Points To Improved Market For Widebodies
A380 Delay Sees Operators Scramble For Capacity In eliminating the rest of its A330/A340 fleet and focusing on the existing B767/B777s in its fleet, Austrian Airlines is not only seeking to reduce costs but has also cited the improvement in widebody pricing emanating in part from the delay in the…

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November 13, 2006
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Airbus Feels Pinch In Widebody Orders During First Nine Months Of 2006
The absence of substantive orders for Airbus widebodies, and indeed narrowbodies, during 2006 underlines the predicament of the manufacturer. With only 18 orders for the A330-200, two for the A330-300 and three for the A340-300, the focus is clearly on the A330-200. Airbus also recorded 13 orders for the A350.…

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October 30, 2006
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B767-300ER Values Continue To Ease Upwards With Caution
Values of the B767-300ER continue to experience improvement on the basis of a sustained rise in lease rentals. The phenomenon of the decade is the revival in the fortunes of the B767-300ER. Lease rates have all but doubled in the last few years from less than $300,000 per month to…

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October 30, 2006
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Airbus Widebodies Suffer
The problems facing Airbus have already impacted current values of their widebody products though this is more a consequence of the high price of fuel. The four engined configuration, just as with the trijets, no longer hold such relevance as they once did. The escalation in the price of fuel…

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October 30, 2006
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Airbus Debacle Starts To Hurt Residuals
Delays & Resignations Undermine Confidence The doubling of the delay to the service entry of the A380 to two years has significant implications for not only residual values of the new leviathan but also existing and future programs. By 2004, Airbus had seemingly finally broken the stranglehold of Boeing by…

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October 16, 2006
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A330-300 Values Experience Some Weakness
While the demand for the A330-200 remains reasonably strong, the position of the -300 is less secure due to the availability of other products and concern about possible replacements in the form of the A350 and indeed the B787. The A330-300 was developed back in the days when Airbus believed…

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October 16, 2006
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A330-200 Orders Keep Values on Even Keel - For Now
Despite advanced preparations for the launch of a replacement in the form of the A350XWB, the A330-200 seems to be winning sufficient orders to keep current values from exhibiting a significant slippage. A vote of confidence in the short to medium term prospects for the A330-200 has been derived from…

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October 2, 2006
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Are Rentals Reaching Their Peak?
Lease rentals are tentatively increasing but for the most part seem to have reached a peak. The summer season may have passed but demand remains strong. While some widebodies will become available on short term leases, wet and dry, for the most part there will be sufficient retention to sustain…

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October 2, 2006
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