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Aircraft Archive: Airbus AIRCRAFT
Order for A320NEO Will See Greater Lessor Interest
The launch of the A320NEO has already been validated with the Letter of Intent from IndiGo and orders for 30 from Virgin America providing much needed reassurance for the lessors that the type is wanted by the airlines. With the shift in emphasis from traditional aircraft financing to the operating…

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January 31, 2011
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Delta Request for Quotation Points to Waning B757 Values
Delta, in issuing a Request for Quotation for 400 up to narrowbody aircraft, underlines the likely replacement of such aircraft as the DC9, B757 and early A320s during the course of this decade. The request, while likely to take many months to come to fruition, calls for a quotation for…

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January 31, 2011
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Freight Traffic Stutters But Trend Remains Up
The month of November saw a reversal of recent trends and freighter traffic fell compared to the previous month. However, the overall trend is upwards albeit at lower monthly rises due to the improving picture at the end of 2009. The demand for freighters continues to rise which is allowing…

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January 31, 2011
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Boeing List Prices See Near Six Percent Rise over Two Years
B787-3 Dropped But B787-8 Price Rises by Massive 11 Percent Registering a near six percent rise over two years, Boeing announced list prices for 2010 just days before the end of the year. Earlier in 2010 Airbus announced list prices for 2010, also indicating a six percent rise over two…

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January 17, 2011
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A320 Family Values Start to Take Heed of NEO
The launch of the A320NEO, while much needed by operators searching to contain operating costs, has repercussions and consequences for the current and future values of the A320 Family as well as the B737NG. The A320NEO family – ie the A319, A320 and A321 – will become the airframe/engine combination…

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January 17, 2011
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A320 Lease Rentals Continue to Experience Problems
While the market in general is recovering, with lease rentals showing distinct signs of improvement for a range of aircraft, the lease rentals of used A320s are not as strong as the backlog for new aircraft suggests. The B737-800 continues to be the strongest of narrowbody leasing vehicles but the…

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January 17, 2011
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Widebody Rentals Continue to Ease Higher
Air travel for November 2010 continued to show significant growth compared to the same month a year earlier albeit at lower levels than previous months. The rise in traffic for the first eleven months of 2010 amounted to 8.5 percent versus only a 4.3 percent increase in capacity. The more…

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January 17, 2011
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Newer Regional Jets See Value Improvement
The values of the newest regional jets are experiencing the greatest improvement. There remains sufficient activity in the used market as to provide some reassurance with respect to values. The larger regional jets have a greater part to play as the market recovers, partly at the expense of the 50…

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January 17, 2011
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