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Aircraft Archive: Airbus A340-600
Scrapping of B767-300s Highlights Dangers for Ageing Marginalized Types
The sale of two 1986 B767-300s – the first to be built – by Japan Airlines to GA Telesis for part out underlines the problem of projecting values for 25 years or more. The two B767-300s (serial numbers 23216/23217), members of a family still held in high regard, are to…

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June 8, 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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Residual Values of Existing Products Gain From Focus on BioFuels
While the environmental lobby is clamoring for the development of new aircraft to improve the carbon emissions of the industry, the focus on alternative fuels seems to provide a means for both operators and manufacturers to delay costly replacement products. Any delay to the service entry of replacement types, particularly…

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January 19, 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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Interest Rates Keep Lease Rentals on Even Keel
Values of even new widebodies are increasingly under pressure as the economic slump impacts all regions of the world. Lease rentals of newer widebodies generally remain stable not least because the cost of borrowing keeps on rising. Lease rentals of widebodies should be starting to fall as demand in the…

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October 13, 2008
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Freighter Values Remain Vulnerable
Just as summer in the Northern Hemisphere represents the opportunity make money to tide operations over the leaner off peak months, so too do the months leading up to the year provide a means for freight operators to fill their holds. The run up to Christmas festivities generates a considerable…

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September 15, 2008
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Semi-Annual Jet Aircraft Value Listing
Only Values of a Few Widebodies Avoid Decline Over just six months values have again felt the chill wind of a downturn as fuel prices soar to record levels. The aircraft most vulnerable to a fall are essentially those no longer in production. Operators are having to reduce services to…

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July 7, 2008
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Four Engined Residuals Under Pressure
Increased Risk Associated with Financing The perceived risk associated with financing new and nearly new four-engined aircraft, such as the A340-600, is increasing with each dollar rise in the price of fuel, thereby undermining residual value expectations and raising concerns over the lack of remarketing opportunities. The rising cost of…

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June 23, 2008
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