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Aircraft Archive: Airbus A380
Parting Out Takes on Greater Significance
While the market for newer widebodies remains strong, for those produced at the start of many existing programs the appetite is much more muted, forcing owners to consider parting out as an alternative to spending millions on new interiors and maintenance. The onward placement of older widebodies can represent a…

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By: Aircraft Value News
May 19, 2014
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B787-8 Begins to Realize its Potential
Deliveries are hitting the planned 10.5 per month and operators are enjoying higher reliability levels. The grounding is no more than a distant memory and new routes are being opened up. Values of those now being delivered are therefore holding firm though those produced at the start of the program…

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By: Aircraft Value News
May 19, 2014
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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 Over the course of a single decade, the types so familiar will have been replaced by new models, featuring not only greater efficiency but also considerably longer range capability.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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By: Aircraft Value News
April 21, 2014
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Lease Rates Remain Stable
The seeming never ending increase in the backlog – both wide and narrowbodies – and the emphasis on newer aircraft continues to ensure that lease rentals remain, for the most part stable. The rates for newly delivered aircraft such as the A320 and B737-800 have been increasing slightly as have…

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By: Aircraft Value News
April 7, 2014
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B747-400 Values Continue to Fall As More Are Parted Out
The values of the B747-400 are continuing to slide due to advancing age and the arrival of ever more versatile and efficient twins and the A380. At the peak of the market for the B747-400 in 1998 values of new examples were nudging $155 million. Today the same aircraft are…

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By: Aircraft Value News
March 24, 2014
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Short Term Improvements More Influential On A380 Residuals Than A380neo
The advances made in engine design over the last few years has increased the impetus for re-engining the A380 but Airbus is naturally delaying any such development. With A380 orders and delivery rates perhaps falling short of expectations there is a reluctance to invest more money in the program, at…

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By: Aircraft Value News
March 10, 2014
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Older Widebodies Face Downward Pressure
The continued enthusiasm for the newer generation of widebodies is inevitably partly at the expense of the older types. In contrast to the improving market conditions of a nearly a decade ago and those of the mid 1990s, the international carriers continue to seek yield improvement rather than absolute market…

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By: Aircraft Value News
February 10, 2014
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Airbus List Prices for 2014 Increase by Modest 2.6%
While the sustained demand for the A320neo family may have tempted Airbus to hike list prices, the rise of 2.6 percent for all types has been modest in comparison with previous years. The increase of 2.6 percent is much in line with producer’s inflationary pressures but again has no relevance…

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By: Aircraft Value News
January 27, 2014
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