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Aircraft Archive: Airbus AIRCRAFT
VX Capital Takes Advantage of Strong B737 Freighter Values
VX Capital, specializing in the leasing of B737 Classic freighters in recent years has launched an ABS – VX Cargo 2018-1 Trust - centered on 35 B737 Classic freighters. The ABS seeks a principal amount of $190 million secured on 35 aircraft. The ABS focusses on older aircraft which have…

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November 26, 2018
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Large Business Jet Values Stage Recovery
After experiencing a significant fall between 2014 and 2016 the values of many larger business jets have more recently recorded an improvement. The certification of the Global 7500 and the imminent arrival of the new Gulfstream product will likely have an effect as aircraft are traded in for the newer…

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November 26, 2018
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Rentals of New Types Fail to Advance
Despite the arrival of new aircraft types into the market, lease rates remain at historical lows in terms of lease rental factors. Lease rental factors (LRFs) express the montly lease rental as a percent of the current market value. The lease rental factor is dependent on interest rates and the…

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November 26, 2018
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Certification of Bombardier Global 7500 Puts Pressure on G650ER Values
With a two year delay to certification the Global 7500 has finally been certificated allowing for deliveries to commence but as with the service entry of any new dedicated business jet, there exists a risk that operators will trade-in existing aircraft thereby causing a problem for values. The size and…

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November 26, 2018
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E175 Concentration Starts to Impact Values
The additional order for 10 more E175s from American provides a further cushion for Embraer until the arrival of the E175E2 in 2021 but this comes at a price. The orderbook for the E175 stands at approximately 650 aircraft of which 560 have been delivered. This represents a significant amount…

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November 12, 2018
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Market for ATR72-600s Weakens with Age
The age profile of the ATR72-600 has taken its toll on values and will continue to do so. The ATR72-500 and -600 were first produced some 23 years and seven years ago respectively so are far from fresh to market. For the -500 this means that operators are already well…

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November 12, 2018
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Transitioning Product Line Impacts Values of Outgoing Models
Demand Insufficient to Hide Vulnerability of Types Coming to End of Production Demand for aircraft, as evidenced by higher than trend traffic and an extensive – record - backlog, would seem to suggest that values for nearly all types should be rising but the process of replacement is taking its…

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November 12, 2018
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The Last Decade Has Not Favored B777-200ER Values
The last decade has not been kind to the -200ER and values have experienced a particularly significant fall in the last five years. When the B777-200ER entered service as the B777-200B and then the B777-200IGW in the mid 1990s, the value of a new example amount to approximately $110 million.…

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November 12, 2018
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