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Aircraft Archive: Airbus AIRCRAFT
Values “Recover” to Pre-Covid Levels for A320ceo and A320neo
The values of some aircraft types have managed to improve sufficiently to be able to achieve parity with pre-Covid levels but much depends on the definitions used. There has been considerable discussion as to when values and lease rentals will recover to pre-Covid levels. Definitions remain an issue. There has…

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March 14, 2022
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Sustained Higher Fuel Prices Favor Values of Newer Aircraft
Fuel prices are experiencing dramatic increases with the potential for further rises and if sustained could undermine the recovery for some aircraft types while improving the fortunes of others. As of the 8th March 2022, the price of oil was in excess of $122 per barrel with the Russia indicating…

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March 14, 2022
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ATSG Commitment Comes to Aid of Floundering A330ceo Values
The ATSG commitment to convert 29 A330s to freighters will help to stop the deterioration in the values of the type which even now continue to exhibit a decline as the market seeks to recovery from the Covid Event. The A330 continues to suffer from the weak international market –…

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March 14, 2022
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Quality B757 Feedstock “Pricing” Remains Strong
As the B757 has been out of production for more than 15 years, values should be at scrap levels, particularly in view of the emphasis on the A321 both in the context of passenger and freighters, but for the time being the considerable interest in the freighter market is seeing…

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March 14, 2022
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Politico-Economic Events Have Potential to Impact Recovery
Leasing of Aircraft In Russia May Be More Difficult Events in Ukraine are already having an impact on airline operations and there is every expectation that the operation of Western aircraft in Russia will become more problematic as sanctions take their toll, potentially affecting demand for aircraft in the region…

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February 28, 2022
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Values of New Widebodies Rising
Despite the events in Ukraine, the opening up of Australia, New Zealand etc.to international traffic is allowing the values of in production passenger widebodies to further increase although pricing may still be below pre-Covid levels. Before the Covid Event, the value of a new A350-900 and B787-9 amounted to some…

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February 28, 2022
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Economic Lives & Depreciation RemainUnchanged for Most Types
Stricter Accounting Methods Encouraging Reassessment The Covid Event has been catastrophic for the aviation industry and has caused long lasting structural changes some of which have led to the question of whether the economic lives of aircraft, particularly widebodies, should be extended thereby changing depreciation policies. The airline industry –…

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February 14, 2022
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B737-7 Values Recovering as Market Improves
While delivery rates for the B737-7 remain non-existent values of the variant are improving as the market recovers, the MAX is re-integrated into the fleet and as the market structure undergoes a shift. When the B737 MAX was launched the B737-7 was to have the same capacity as the preceding…

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February 14, 2022
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