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Aircraft Archive: Airbus AIRCRAFT
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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Values of Used 70 Seaters Begin to Struggle
While the values of the 50 seaters are facing considerable difficulties, the market for early build 70 seaters are also experiencing weakness as operators demand greater seating capacity. With the lower price of fuel, the smaller regional jets are able to generate more profit and the crossover point in terms…

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March 21, 2016
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Lease Encumbered Values Take On New Significance
Transactions Increasingly Focus on Attached Lease As the number of aircraft traded on a standalone basis diminishes, aircraft values are increasingly needing to assess the value of the attached lease – the Lease Encumbered Current Market Value (LECMV) or Securitized Value (SV). The number and more importantly, the proportion of…

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March 7, 2016
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CSeries Values Remain Static Despite Air Canada Order
Despite the commitment of Air Canada to order a potential 75 CSeries aircraft and the service entry of in the coming months, the values of the type remain under pressure. The Air Canada commitment for 45 firm orders and 30 options, due for delivery in the 2016-2022 time frame, represents…

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March 7, 2016
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Values of Turboprops Remain Stable Despite Fuel
The lower price of fuel, which should seemingly allow operators to fly regional jets more efficiently, has not had an impact on the values of turboprops as demand for used equipment remains robust. The turboprop market is one that is largely ignored by the air transport community primarily as the…

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March 7, 2016
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Record Backlog Fails to Improve Rentals
With such a substantive and record breaking backlog a rise in lease rentals may be expected but such is the competition among lessors that rates are instead remaining largely stable, aided by the expectation that interest rates will remain low for some time. With the level of leasing steadily increasing…

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February 22, 2016
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Mid Life Widebodies Gain From Lower Fuel Price
The low price of fuel, albiet at the expense of a stronger dollar, has provided a fillip to the values of the mid life widebodies. The cost of fuel represents a major portion of direct operating costs for any operator, all the more so with used aircraft. Used aircraft typically…

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February 22, 2016
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Pratt PW1100G Problems Not Likely to Impact Values - Yet
The problems being experienced by Pratt & Whitney with the PW1100G, which has seen Lufthansa becoming the launch operator instead of Qatar, is not likely to have an impact on values of any of the specific airframe/engine combinations - unless consistent and significantly less than average reliability materializes during in-service…

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February 22, 2016
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