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Aircraft Archive: Airbus A340-500
Widebody Rates for Older Types Decline
The widebody product line up is in the midst of its greatest transformation. Over the course of a single decade, the types so familiar will have been replaced by new models, featuring not only greater efficiency but also considerably longer range capability. In such an environment it would be expected…

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April 21, 2014
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OEMs Seek to Stabilize A340 Values
The values for the A340 – all variants - have experienced a considerable decline in recent years but the OEMs are now seeking to at least stabilize values by changing market perceptions concerning the current operating economics of the type. The London conference held in December saw participants from Original…

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December 16, 2013
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Widebody Rates Remain Unchanged
The significant number of widebody orders placed at the Dubai Airshow amounting to $150 billion at list prices - or $65 billion at net prices and still not enough to pay for the new UK railway between London and Birmingham – underlines the continued demand for widebody aircraft. However, such…

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December 2, 2013
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A330-200 Faces Rough & Tumble of Used Market
The demand for the -200 has been at best restrained during the last few years as the appetite for the -300 has increased. This focus on the -300 in terms of new orders is perhaps because of the preference of Airbus to sell larger aircraft – the bigger the aircraft,…

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December 2, 2013
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Values of Widebodies Continue to Decline
The enthusiasm for the new generation of widebodies continues to mask some of the deficiencies of existing examples. The last decade has seen an expansion in the widebody operator fleet as liberalization has taken hold in established markets and as the globalization of the world economy has facilitated the emergence…

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November 18, 2013
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Sale of Five Air India B777-200LRs to Etihad for “$500 million”
The purchase of five used B777-200LRs by Etihad from Air India after such a short period of service points to potentially changing market conditions for the -200LR and therefore lower residuals. The five B777-200LRs were delivered to Air India in 2007 and 2008 and are therefore only some six years…

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October 21, 2013
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Early A320 Asking Prices Approximate Scrap Values
The values of more modern Airbus aircraft have been comparable to those of competitors but inevitably, and in common with all manufacturers, there are some types that have not proved so popular in the long term and values have fallen. A 1989 A300-600RSF has an asking price of $6 million…

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October 7, 2013
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Widebody Rates Stable As Growth Takes Hold
The further improvement in the world economy continues to generate demand for widebodies, both new and used, thereby allowing lease rentals to remain stable. Even as the manufacturers deliver record levels of aircraft – Airbus has delivered 70 A330s through to the end of August and Boeing 61 B777s –…

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September 23, 2013
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