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Service Lives & Long Term Residuals Suffer On Greater Utilization
Despite the strength of the market and rising prices, long-term residuals of even the most popular aircraft are coming under increased pressure as a result of greater utilization. The latest Current Market Outlook 2007 from Boeing points to a need for some 28,600 new aircraft over the course of the…

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By: Aircraft Value News
June 25, 2007
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Airframe / Engine Combination To Values Start To Lose Significance?
The rise of engine manufacturers support programs has the potential to reduce the significance of engine/airframe pricing. Since the dawn of the jet age when the Rolls-Royce Conway engine was used on the B707, a lesser or limited customer and operator base for a specific aircraft has had a detrimental…

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By: Aircraft Value News
June 25, 2007
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Delay To B787 First Flight Fails To Impact Values
Such is the massive demand for the B787 that the potential slippage in the first flight of aircraft will have no impact on values or perceptions. The rollout of the B787 is still due on the 8th July in front of thousands of guests and nothing is likely to prevent…

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By: Aircraft Value News
June 25, 2007
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Narrowbody Rentals Continue To Gain
Though some operators are feeling the pinch in terms of yields and fuel prices, the remainder continue to seek new opportunities and additional aircraft. Lease rentals for those aircraft still in production therefore remain strong and indeed have in the main continued to improve. The pressure on interest rates continues…

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By: Aircraft Value News
June 25, 2007
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Strong Demand For Widebodies
The market for newer widebodies remains sufficiently strong as to allow values a measure of further improvement. Virgin and British Airways have announced their intention to start business-only operations. While some aircraft may be switched from existing services, they may face a delay in acquiring additional units from the manufacturers.…

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By: Aircraft Value News
June 25, 2007
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A300-600R Show Slight Improvement
Values of the -600R have improved slightly after experiencing many years of weakness. The B787 already represents a formidable replacement for the -600R but the A350 will present the existing model with fresh challenges. Values of the A300-600R have been steadily falling for more than a decade and though a…

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By: Aircraft Value News
June 25, 2007
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Long Term Narrowbody Residuals Face Uncertainty
Changing Engine Technology & Environmental Confusion Take Toll Long term residuals of the current crop of narrowbodies remain in a state of flux due to the uncertainty over the magnitude of the efficiency improvement to be offered by replacement products and their timing. Two years ago the timing and approximate…

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By: Aircraft Value News
June 11, 2007
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Updated Dash 8 Family Fails to Dent Residual Values
The potential development of a Dash8 family built around the design of the existing -400 is perhaps at too an early stage to represent a serious threat to residual values of existing models although the introduction of a new model invariably has negative connotations for the incumbent model. Bombardier, in…

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By: Aircraft Value News
June 11, 2007
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