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Aircraft Archive: Airbus AIRCRAFT
Stage is Set For Rise in Newer Narrowbody Values
With many of the parameters that precipitate a rise in values now in the right position, values are expected to emerge from their chrysalis and move outwards and upwards next year. With values of the narrowbodies in production having fallen by more than 20 percent since the start of the…

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September 13, 2010
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Value Convergence Looms As Product Life Cycles End
B767-300ER Likely to Become Latest to Suffer The values of those aircraft built at the latter end of the product life cycle continue to be most vulnerable to rapid residual value deterioration, particularly when compared to the price paid by the customer for such tail end examples. Once production of…

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August 30, 2010
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Lease Rates Start to Rise
Just as the fourth quarter of 2007 was considered to be point at which lease rentals started to falter, the second quarter of 2010 has become the point at which lease rentals have started to improve with those of some freighters perhaps experiencing an even earlier rise. The rise in…

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August 30, 2010
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Assumptions
This is the second comprehensive current and future lease rate table to be published by Aircraft Value News. The table will be published on an annual basis and complements the quarterly updates to specific aircraft categories. The table encompasses both current and future lease rentals. The methodology involved in calculating…

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August 30, 2010
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Asking Prices Start to Compare With Values
The number of aircraft being advertised for sale or lease is failing to abate but asking prices for used aircraft continue to be on the optimistic side. The asking prices remain just that – asking prices. The final price to be paid for an aircraft will likely be that much…

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August 16, 2010
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Disparate Behavoir Between Lease Rates and Values Still Evident
While lease rentals for the more popular models are showing signs of improvement, values for the very same types may still be experiencing a downward trend. Lease rentals for the more popular types dropped by more than 20 percent during the recent Great Recession but rates are improving once more.…

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August 16, 2010
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Storage of over 100 DC9s Irrelevant
With the acquisition of 22 Delta (Northwest) DC9s by GA Telesis for parting out, the final chapter of the type is being written. The values of the DC9 have been at rock bottom for many years. Even after Northwest spent millions of dollars in refurbishing the aircraft and improving the…

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August 16, 2010
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Lease Rentals Stable Due to Previous Declines
The lease rentals of the 50 seat regional jets have experienced a significant fall in recent years such that they have now reached a level from which further falls are unlikely. The problems of the 50 seat regional jets market stem to some extent from the creation of an artificial…

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August 16, 2010
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