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Aircraft Archive: Airbus A380
Boeing Strike Aids Lack Luster Values
Lack of New Aircraft Keeps Focus on Used Market While the Boeing share price may be dipping, the benefit of the strike at the U.S. manufacturer is to allow used values to remain resilient during increasingly uncertain times. The strike at Boeing, still in force at the time of writing,…

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September 29, 2008
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B747-400 Residuals Face Increased Pressure
B777-300ER Increasingly Favored As Replacement Rather Growth Capacity The medium to long term residual values of the ubiquitous B747-400 are facing increased pressure as a result of the worldwide slowdown in traffic and the increased emphasis on using the most fuel efficient of equipment, notably the B777-300ER. The short term…

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August 18, 2008
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Widebody Values Weaken Slightly
The widebody segment of the market may have previously been seen as the bright spot for the industry but even this area cannot disguise the considerable problems of the airline industry. The financial community is mindful of the vulnerability of the industry to not only oil price spikes but also…

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August 4, 2008
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Etihad Orders Provide Fillip to A380 and B777-300ER Values
Despite the gloom facing the U.S. market, the orders placed during Farnborough demonstrated that aviation is global in nature and orders worth $43 billion at list prices, or $25 million at net prices, from Etihad clearly indicated that some sectors are able to shrug off industry woes. The Middle Eastern…

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July 21, 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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Widebody Rentals Remain Stable
While the older narrowbodies may be facing more uncertainty the widebody segment continues to experience sufficiently strong demand as to allow lease rentals to remain essentially unmoved. The U.S. airlines, while seeking to reduce domestic capacity, still have a desire to expand international operations. For the rest of the world,…

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June 23, 2008
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Resurrected B767-300ERs Face Prospect of Low Residuals
Customers seeking to acquire new B767-300ERs as a means of bridging the gap until B787s are actually delivered will likely be disappointed with associated residual values. With yet another delay to the B787 comes the reality of a shortfall in widebody capacity for many customers. Airlines such as Air Canada,…

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May 26, 2008
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In This Issue: AVN's Semi-Annual Turboprop Value Listing
Airbus List Prices Accelerate While Values Ease Material Costs & Weak Dollar See Jump In List Prices Airbus list prices have jumped by nearly five percent, representing a significant rise and increasing the already high differential between list and net prices even further. The 4.9 percent rise in list price…

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May 12, 2008
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