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Aircraft Archive: Airbus AIRCRAFT
Boost in Airfreight Favors B777 and A330 Conversion Candidates
Values of Feedstock Still Need to be Low to Warrant Conversion After nearly a decade of suffering from weak results that lead to speculation that there was no future for airfreight, the recent improvement in traffic provides the opportunity for some of the excess widebody capacity to be absorbed in…

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May 15, 2017
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Financiers Need Distressed Discounting More Than Ever
The level of discounting needed to dispose of aircraft on a distressed – or fire sale – has gradually eased for some more popular aircraft types but deteriorated for some aircraft that are in the process of being replaced by newer types. The new banking regulations inevitably make it necessary…

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May 15, 2017
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G600 Flight Testing Progresses As G550 Prices Continue to Fall
The third test aircraft for the new G600 has taken to the skies but prices of the outgoing model, the G550, continue to fall. The G600 is set to replace the existing G550 later in 2018. The G600 offers more cabin width and height than the G550. The slightly larger…

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May 15, 2017
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Problems of Alitalia Will Not Impact Market
While the entry of Alitalia into administration is a disappointment, should the airline be forced to contract its fleet still further, this is not expected to have an impact on the market in terms of values or lease rentals. The Alitalia fleet comprises just under 110 aircraft. A few of…

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May 15, 2017
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MD90 Values At Scrap Levels
The MD90 offered and delivered much but in the face of industry consolidation and a limited customer base, the fortunes of the type were always likely to disappoint even if Delta remains the only remaining admirer. The MD90 represented the final version of a product that can be traced back…

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May 15, 2017
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Rentals of Larger Regional Jets Ease Lower
With the transition of the regional jet fleet to newer types such as the E2 and the advancing age of existing models, then the lease rentals of current types are declining by a modest amount. The fall in the lease rentals of used regional jets is not unexpected in view…

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May 15, 2017
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Values & Lease Rentals Face Increasingly Negative Market Pressures
But Short Term Still Likely to See Mostly Stable Values & Rates The values of used aircraft should be enjoying the most significant exponential increase in nearly 30 years but all the indications are that values and lease rentals will, at best, continue to remain stable with further modest falls…

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May 1, 2017
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A319ceo Values Suffer From Advancing Age & Changing Market
The values of the A319ceo are facing further weakness as production comes to an end and as the market moves to larger types. As of the end of March 2017 a total of 1,481 A319s had been ordered with 1,457 delivered leaving a backlog of only 24 units - albeit…

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May 1, 2017
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