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Aircraft Archive: Airbus A340-200
Semi-Annual Jet Aircraft Value Listing
Strong Demand Obscures Note of Caution The year 2007 seems set to be another record year for the manufacturers but the high price of fuel, combined with weakness in the financial markets, is taking its toll on values, if not lease rentals. Delivery slots for most aircraft in production, apart…

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January 7, 2008
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Widebody Values Stable
To some extent the market for widebodies remains underserved creating a shortage and allowing values to show further modest signs of improvement. The delay in the delivery of the B787 has demonstrated the lack of widebody capacity. The B787 will not be delivered for at least another six months, possibly…

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October 29, 2007
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Rates Grab Opportunity to Register Rise
Such is the sustained demand for widebody capacity that lease rentals of some types have improved. The smaller and medium sized widebodies have been the principal beneficiaries of the lack of availability of more modern equipment. The lesser fuel efficiency of the older types has been partially negated by the…

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July 23, 2007
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Semi-Annual Jet Aircraft Value Listing
Strong Market Keeps Values on Even Keel The market for jets remains very strong such that values of the mainstream jets have enjoyed a further rise over the last six months. The considerable number of orders secured by Airbus and announced during the Paris Salon last month points to still…

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July 9, 2007
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Strong Demand For Widebodies
The market for newer widebodies remains sufficiently strong as to allow values a measure of further improvement. Virgin and British Airways have announced their intention to start business-only operations. While some aircraft may be switched from existing services, they may face a delay in acquiring additional units from the manufacturers.…

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June 25, 2007
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Widebody Values Continue To Achieve Stability
The widebody segment of the market, at least in terms of newer equipment, has continued to improve. While the focus of attention may be firmly on the extensive backlog of narrowbodies, the widebody segment is also experiencing a shortage. As the finances of long-haul operators has improved there has been…

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April 2, 2007
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Rates Remain Stable
At long last the lease rentals of the older widebodies appear to have stopped falling with some actually registering an increase as operators seek short-term solutions to longer-term shortfalls in capacity. While the price of oil continues to hover around $60 a barrel the lack of widebody capacity from the…

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April 2, 2007
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Annual Jet Aircraft Lease Rate Listing
Incremental Rise in Lease Rentals Persists The imbalance between supply and demand in favor of the latter has continued to allow lease rentals of newer equipment further improvement. For over two years lease rentals have enjoyed a substantive revival. Lease rentals of such popular aircraft were less than $200,000 during…

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March 19, 2007
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