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Aircraft Archive: Airbus A340-500
Widebody Rentals Still On The Up
The Lease Rentals Of Widebodies Continue To Rise As The Market Enjoys Sustained Growth. The market conditions of today are increasingly reminiscent of the late 1980s. Lease rentals of used widebody equipment experienced a surge in the late 1980s as Boeing and McDonnell Douglas struggled to introduce the MD11 and…

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February 5, 2007
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Semi-Annual Jet Aircraft Value Listing
Values Of Old & New Continue To Diverge While the values of more modern aircraft continue to improve, those of older types face terminal decline in the face of a sustained rise in fuel prices and escalating maintenance costs. The majority of aircraft in mainstream production, particularly the narrowbodies, are…

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January 8, 2007
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A320 Hybrid Would Upset Residual Calculations
Should the potential early re-engining of the A320 gain credibility, existing residuals of the A320 and B737NG families would experience significant reassessment. Pratt & Whitney are reportedly suggesting that a variant of its Geared Turbofan could be used to essentially re-engine the A320 family. With ground testing of the Geared…

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December 11, 2006
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Aircraft Asset Assessment -- A340-300
Market Presence. Despite being more than ten years of age, the A340-300 is still synonymous with the latest technology. The engines and cockpit may have been refined but the basic structure and systems are still contemporary. The A340-500 and -600 inevitably improves upon some aspects but there exists nothing major…

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November 27, 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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A350 XWB Signals Difficulties for A340 Family Residuals
The announcement of the upgraded A350 XWB on the first day of the Farnborough Air Show provided on paper a viable competitor but also signaled the de facto end of the A340 product line in the coming years suggesting that residual values will now need reassessment. Whether or not Airbus…

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July 24, 2006
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