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Aircraft Archive: Airbus AIRCRAFT
Values & Rentals Face Downward Pressures
The previous exceptional demand for the B767-300ER has waned such that the much expected decline in values has commenced in earnest to the extent that during the course of the last six months, values have fallen by some fifteen percent. With production now stretching back for more than 20 years…

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March 16, 2009
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Aircraft Asset Assessment
The B767-300ER Market Presence. The B767-300ER presented the operating leasing community with the ideal tool with which to enter the widebody operating lease arena. Throughout the 1990s the B767-300ER enjoyed considerable success but then fell victim to the usual problem of lengthy production and market saturation. Past success was achieved…

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March 16, 2009
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Rising Number of Parked Aircraft Will Delay Value Recovery
As the number of aircraft in storage rises, the recovery in values will be delayed even if such aircraft are not being actively marketed. Aircraft values are impacted by two statistics – the number and relative proportion of aircraft being actively marketed and those parked or stored. For nearly a…

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March 16, 2009
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The End is Here
With the majority of Chapter 2 aircraft now worth less than $1 million and indeed, much less, there is little to commend the various types in this category. For the majority of Chapter 2 aircraft, any value mostly resides with the operator. Seeking to sell the aircraft for cash was…

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March 2, 2009
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ERJ145 Values Face Challenging Times
The ERJ145 has faced considerable challenges over the course of the last eighteen months and unfortunately the market conditions continue to be adverse such that values have continued to fall despite the decline in the price of fuel. The hike in the price of fuel caused significant problems for the…

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March 2, 2009
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Aircraft Asset Assessment
The ERJ145 Market Presence. Part of the structure of the ERJ145 can be traced to the successful EMB120 Brasilia. The airframe is therefore something of a known quantity in terms of being able to cope with the short sector lengths. The ability of the regional jets to offer a similar…

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March 2, 2009
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Timing of A380-900 Starts to Emerge But No Impact on -800 Values As Yet
The delay to the delivery of the five Kingfisher A380s may provide a inkling that the stretched version of the type may enter service by the middle of the next decade. Kingfisher, reeling from the effects of limited growth in the Indian aviation market, has reportedly announced an intention to…

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March 2, 2009
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Boeing List Prices Show Only Modest Increase for 2008
Gap With Net Prices Continues to Widen Despite the rapid escalation of energy related costs during the course of 2008 Boeing list prices rose by a relatively modest 2.6 percent compared to those quoted in 2007, significantly less than the 4.9 percent registered by Airbus in mid 2008. The publication…

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March 2, 2009
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