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Aircraft Archive: Airbus AIRCRAFT
Business Jet Value Volatility Can Exceed 10% Per Month
The market for large business jets remains fragile and prices are still falling but in contrast to commercial aircraft, the transparency of this segment can see prices fall – or rise – by more than ten percent per month such that over the course of a year a fall of…

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November 28, 2016
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Used Prices Continue to Fall
The values of used heavy business jets continue to decline at rates which would have seemed unsustainable at the peak of the market in 2007. The business jet manufacturers are the business of producing new aircraft and new aircraft types stimulate demand. At the same time, the arrival of a…

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November 28, 2016
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Early A330 Widebody Values Remain Under Pressure
While load factors may still be high and hundreds of new widebodies are being delivered each year, the market for older widebodies such as the A330-300 is not so buoyant and values are falling, sufficient to also potentially impact newer and much more versatile examples. The reduction in values of…

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November 28, 2016
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Lease Rentals Remain Firm - Mostly
The profits being secured by the lessors continues to be nearly 20 percent underlining the relative attraction of aircraft leasing compared other asset classes. The leasing of aircraft continues to increase despite speculation that low interest rates may increase the amount of aircraft being bought directly by airlines. As a…

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November 28, 2016
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Widebody Market Continues to Suffer
The market for some widebodies continues to contract and there exists a sense that there is something of an oversupply. Widebodies being delivered continues apace but at the expense of falling yields. Airlines are having to cut ticket prices to stimulate demand. The transition to new models continues and this…

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November 14, 2016
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Widebody Rentals Vulnerable But Steady
The airfreight market continues to experience low load factors and fragile yields but traffic for September showed some promise. While the airfreight market continues to remain fragile, there are at least indications of a modest improvement in recent months which has gone some way to alleviating the downward pressure on…

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November 14, 2016
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No Respite for B737-500 Values
With some 50 percent of the fleet either in storage or having been scrapped, values of the -500 have continued to decline at a rapid rate. The oldest B737-500 is only 26 years of age with a fleet average of around 20 years. Yet of the 389 that have been…

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November 14, 2016
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A320neo Residual Values Set to Achieve Parity With B737MAX8
Despite the hiatus of deliveries, values of the A320neo are nudging ever closer to those of the B737MAX8. The values of the A320 have historically lagged behind those of the B737-800. The difference in value between the A320ceo and the B737-800 is approximately $4 million with the former being $44.5…

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November 14, 2016
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