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Aircraft Archive: Airbus AIRCRAFT
B777-200LR Values Faces Marginalization Issue
The values of the B777-200LR are already under pressure but with no backlog and the last delivery having been made nearly a year ago, the prospects for remarketing used examples is likely to only worsen such that marginalization looms. The B777-200LR, along with the A340-500, were designed to eliminate the…

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September 21, 2015
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Aircraft Asset Assessment
Market Presence. The development of the B747-8I improves the operating economics of the type. Airbus indicate that the A380 currently offers a 15-20 percent efficiency improvement over the B747-400. The larger -8I makes the differential much more marginal. With the B747 perceived to be a known quantity and proven product…

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September 21, 2015
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Turboprop Rentals Focus on New Types
While the leasing of turboprops remains profitable for lessors it is notable that such leasing tends to focus on the newer aircraft types such as the Dash8-300, -400, ATR42-500, ATR72-500/-600 as these can be more easily placed. Other types of turboprops are leased but a finance lease or traditional finance…

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September 21, 2015
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Record Backlog & Production Takes Toll on Values
While the low price of fuel should favor used aircraft the market continues to face the consequences of transitioning to new types and the preference for new rather than used aircraft. The displacement of older aircraft with new examples and the age profile of some narrowbodies is inevitably having an…

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September 21, 2015
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Values of the -8I Continue to Tumble
The values of the -8I are sorely exposed to the vagaries of the market and as such have continued to deteriorate such that production may not last to the end of the decade. The market for the B747-8I, given the 51 orders and 35 deliveries, remains much more restricted than…

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September 21, 2015
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Financial Market Volatility Has Implications for Values
The volatility in the financial markets, resulting from fears over Chinese and therefore worldwide economic growth, has implications for aircraft values in the event that stock markets fears are realized. The determination of aircraft values both now and in the future depends not merely on averaging limited and mostly absent…

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September 7, 2015
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A330-200ceo Values Remain Under Severe Pressure
Even though IAG has confirmed orders for five new A330-200s of late, values of the type remain under pressure as age and a preference for newer and larger aircraft take hold. Airbus has acknowledged that pricing of new A330s is under pressure as production rates will fall to six per…

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September 7, 2015
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Values of Turboprops Benefit from Leasing
The rise in interest in leasing of turboprop aircraft is having a beneficial effect on values as remarketing becomes easier. For the ATR72-500 Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) has become a major player in the leasing of the aircraft. Safair also lease some aircraft as does ATR and GECAS. Jet Airways…

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September 7, 2015
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