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Aircraft Archive: Airbus AIRCRAFT
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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Lower Fuel Prices May Not Prevent Falls
The much lower price of price of fuel has played a significant role in allowing operators to contemplate retention. The values of the 50 seaters had suffered while those for larger examples remained stable not least because of the concentration in the U.S. and the price of fuel. Whereas the…

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February 16, 2009
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DC9 Values Have Long Since Fallen into Abyss
This is likely to be last time that the DC9 will ever feature in Aircraft Value News such is its lack of relevance to the current and future market. The type once enjoyed considerable status but virtually since the ValuJet accident approximately a decade ago, the type has been out…

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February 16, 2009
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Aircraft Asset Assessment
The market presence of the DC9 is very limited and pales against that experienced in the mid 1990s. The dominance of Northwest suggests that the type will increasingly be withdrawn from service in the coming years. A principal problem for the DC9 is that it was never particularly popular outside…

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February 16, 2009
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Maintenance Status Takes on Different Status During Recessionary Period
During this recession the issue of maintenance status as it relates to the value of aircraft takes on a new significance. Contrary to some opinion, the impact of maintenance status is not a constant. At the extremes of the cycle the relevance of lesser maintenance status can either be exaggerated…

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February 16, 2009
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B737 Classic Values & Rentals Soften But Demand Still Evident
Lower Fuel Prices Keep Older Types Competitive The perception that values of the B737 Classic may be on the edge of a precipice appear misplaced as aircraft continue to be leased, clearly aided by lower fuel pricing and relative capital cost. There can be no escaping the magnitude of the…

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February 16, 2009
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