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Aircraft Archive: Airbus A380
Freighter Values Show No Improvement
Although the narrowbody sector continues to show promise, the dismal economic news from China weighs heavily on the widebody sector such that production of the B747-8F is reduced again. Values of both narrow and widebody freighters are failing to experience any improvement. The load factors being achieved are lower than…

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March 21, 2016
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Part Out Values Not A Constant
Parting out aircraft remains a key option for investors and operators but forecasting when the optimum point for such a method of disposal remains as much a complex task as determining market based residual values. The part out value of an aircraft is not a constant and as such using…

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February 22, 2016
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B747-8 Values Under Pressure As Production Falls Again
B777 Production Also Potential Target As Values Start to Sag The values of the B747-8I are once again under scrutiny as production tumbles to perhaps uneconomic levels. Production of the B747-8 – comprising both the freighter and passenger versions – will be halved such that instead of 12 being produced…

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February 8, 2016
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Rentals Retain Stability
Despite the hike in interest rates in the U.S. the uncertainty surrounding the global economy and financial markets continues to keep interest rates at record low levels, therefore allowing lessors to offer stable rates. Sale and leaseback transactions, which constitute an increasingly large proportion of new aircraft deliveries, continue to…

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January 25, 2016
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Modest Rise in Airbus List Prices Contains Used Values
Lower Energy & Commodity Prices Contribute to 1.1% Increase List prices of Airbus aircraft have risen by only 1.1 percent, one of the lowest increases for many years, with the lower price of energy and weaker commodity prices contributing to the containment. The increase in list prices is usually calculated…

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January 25, 2016
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Semi-Annual Jet Aircraft Value Listing
Used Widebody Values Suffer But Aircraft Ratings Largely Stable The demand for new aircraft remains unprecedented with the manufacturers increasing production but values of such new aircraft have failed to rise and even a rise in U.S. interest rates has had little positive effect on lease rentals. The world economy…

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January 11, 2016
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Values of B747-400 Fall By 10 Percent Over Six Months
The pressure on the values of the B747-400 remains intense and values of the type have fallen by another ten percent over the course of the last six months. The market for the B747-400 has remained extremely difficult for a number of years as operators have sought to meet demand…

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November 30, 2015
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Values Strong Despite Slow Delivery Rate
While Airbus at last seems intent on increasing production to an eventual ten per month, the very limited number of deliveries to date has not gone unnoticed. As of the end of October 2015 only ten had been delivered over the course of nearly twelve months. In the first year…

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November 30, 2015
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