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Aircraft Archive: Airbus AIRCRAFT
B757 Market Showing Clear Signs of Strain
The values of the B757 suffered a significant fall due to the Covid Event before staging some stability but there is no expectation of an improvement and instead, the inevitability of replacement beckons the type to the parking lot with the result that values will fall. The B757, initially designated…

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September 27, 2021
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Aircraft Market Assessment — The B757-200/-200ER
Market Presence. The success of the B757 has been due in no small part to its operational versatility but age, capacity and absence of fleet commonality have taken their toll. The power to weight ratio is of particular relevance allowing operation from runways that can cause problems for alternative equipment.…

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September 27, 2021
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Long Term Storage Potentially Leads to Permanent Retirement in Three Years
The long-term storage of aircraft has historically led to permanent retirement, and therefore scrap values, and while the Covid Event has created specific issues, there still exists the danger that a failure to return aircraft to service within a viable timeframe will see aircraft failing to become active once more…

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September 27, 2021
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Is “$9 million” The New Benchmark for the B777-300ER?
Lease Rentals Also Fail to Improve As Airlines Divest Capacity The values of the B777-300ER have been under pressure for some years, even before the Covid Event, but the disposal of a 14 year old unit for scrap, albeit under distressed conditions, points to a new low for the beleaguered…

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September 27, 2021
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Extensive “Preighter” Use Starts to be a Concern for Owners & Lessors
A large number of passenger widebodies are regularly used in the “preighter” role due to the Covid Event and this is now a matter of concern for owners in case it leads to a diminution of value due to possible inappropriate and prolonged utility in this role. “Preighters” were introduced…

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September 27, 2021
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B767-300ER Values Stable Due to Cargo Demand
The values of passenger B767-300ER’s have stopped falling largely because of the demand for conversion to freighter. Prior to the Covid Event, values of the -300ER were experiencing a modest decline because even then the demand for conversion feedstock was evident not least due to the establishment and growth of…

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September 13, 2021
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Norwegian Cites “Tighter Market” for Lease Rates in 2022
As the demand for narrowbodies focusses on newer aircraft types and younger examples of outgoing models, lease rentals are beginning to increase as illustrated by recent comments by the heavily restructured Norwegian. Norwegian, although still very much operational, has been forced to curtail its operations as a result of the…

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September 13, 2021
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Net Pricing of B737 Reset - Again
Values of New B737 Set to Rise But Minimal Change in 25 Years The values of newly delivered aircraft have been variously reset over the last four decades because of significant downturns with the Covid Event being no exception but for narrowbodies at least, there is an expectation that the…

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September 13, 2021
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