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Aircraft Archive: Airbus AIRCRAFT
A340-300 Market Remains In Existence Despite Pressures
The leasing of three A340-300s for six years demonstrates that the market may be restricted but is still clearly viable. The three ex Cathay 1996 aircraft were leased to Aerolineas Argentinas by ICON Capital. The first aircraft, serial number 123, was delivered in December 2011 with the second (126) due…

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January 16, 2012
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Air India RFP Reveals B787-8 Net Pricing
The net price actually being paid for new aircraft is usually a closely guarded secret but the Request for Proposals by Air India for the long term financing of seven B787-8s and two associated engines has been revealed. The Request for Proposal for the financing of the aircraft was initially…

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January 16, 2012
AVN
B777-300ER Values Rise While Others Fall
The weakness of the wider market means that the values of the majority passenger aircraft are actually falling but this is not the case for the B777-300ER. Despite the many adverse pressures affecting the market, the -300ER has established itself as the most desirable of widebodies, aided of course by…

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January 16, 2012
AVN
A300-600R Values Face Sustained Downward Pressure
The values of the A300-600R are facing the same fate as the A300-600 as operators move increasingly to newer types. The A300-600R, at least as a passenger aircraft has not been manufactured for nearly a decade, with the last freighter being delivered in 2007. The values of the -600R failed…

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December 5, 2011
AVN
Option List Pricing Can Distort Values
Options on new and used aircraft can serve to increase the overall value of aircraft but the simple application of list prices may cause the final value to be inflated. The manufacturers have increasingly included previously optional items as standard on aircraft but there remain a myriad of options that…

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December 5, 2011
AVN
A330 Conversion Program Would Likely Aid Medium Term Values
The seeming delay to the development of an A330 conversion program by Airbus is understandable in the context of strong demand for the type and associated high values of passenger aircraft but such a modification would likely aid values in the medium term by constraining levels of availability. With demand…

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December 5, 2011
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Dubai Focus on New Aircraft Obscures Parting Out of Older Types
The Dubai air show has become nearly as much a forum for the placement of new orders as Paris or Farnborough and the venue has clearly demonstrated the preference for newer equipment at a time when older types continue to be parted out. The Dubai air show saw a massive…

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December 5, 2011
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Widebody Rentals Remain Stable
The widebody sector is beginning to show signs of connection with the wider economic malaise which results in part from the lack of decision action from the leaders of the Eurozone. The lease rentals of most widebodies previously managed to improve over the course of the last eighteen months largely…

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December 5, 2011
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