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Aircraft Archive: Airbus AIRCRAFT
Start of B737-700 Conversions Will Aid Passenger Residual Values
With the announcement by Pemco Conversions that it will commence Passenger to Full Freighter conversions, this will provide some reassurance for residual values of the B737-700 in the coming years. The conversion of aircraft to freighters can sometimes be benefit values of aircraft that have reached the end of their…

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February 18, 2019
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Values of A318 Fall by 85 percent in 15 Years
The values of the A318 have exhibited a steep decline since service entry and have never really managed to stage a recovery. When the A318 entered service in 2003 it was already suffering from a difficult market. Post 2001 saw values of every aircraft fall by a greater or lesser…

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February 18, 2019
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Age & Product Transition Take Their Toll on Rentals
The market for regional jets is not as buoyant as it once was because of the transition in the product line and due to lease expirations. The older Embraer products, notably the E170 and E190/E195, are exposed as a flurry of examples are being released by existing operators. This process…

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February 18, 2019
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Airbus Investigates Replacement for A320neo & A350 Re-engining
Residuals Need to Reflect Changing Product Line in Long Term Residual value projections rarely assume that the status quo will be maintained over a 15-25 time horizon and as such market based forecasts will expect that current models will be upgraded and indeed, replaced. Market based forecasts are constantly anticipating…

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January 21, 2019
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Values of Older Widebodies Stutter
The values of mid age widebodies continue to suffer as the issue of value convergence takes hold and as production of outgoing models looms such as the A330ceo and B777. The arrival of new products and the divesting of older types is contributing to the lack luster nature of the…

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January 21, 2019
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Prices of New A320s Hardly Changed in 20 Years
The value of a new A320ceo (low gross weight, non sharklet, no SpaceFlex) at less than $42 million is virtually the same as 20 years ago. When entering service in 1988 the value of a new A320 approximated just over $30 million. The value of a new A320 increased rapidly…

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January 21, 2019
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Values of A319 Continue to Taper Down
The historical trend for values of the A319 initially showed some relative resilience but since 2009 have continued to slide down even if the rate of fall has slowed for the older examples in recent years. The value of the A319 in 1998 was approximately $35 million and because the…

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January 21, 2019
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Some Anxiety But Rates Remain Unchanged
The month of November should be a peak time for airfreight given the run up to Christmas but there was only a modest change improvement through to November 2018. The demand for airfreight has slowed in the last few months but thus far this has not resulted in any significant…

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January 21, 2019
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