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Aircraft Archive: Airbus AIRCRAFT
Lease Rentals for E190s Vulnerable for Some Years
The lease rentals for the older regional jets are remaining stable although there can be some variation for those still in production. There are a number of E190s due to enter the market in the next one to two years. Aerolineas Argentinas has received proposals from the manufacturers to replace…

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November 12, 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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Maintenance Reserves Need to Account for Realistic D Check Costs
Maintenance reserves charged by lessors on both narrowbody and widebody aircraft need to be adequately reflect the real cost of such major maintenance. While the cost of performing the major airframe maintenance on aircraft pales against the costs associated with overhauling the engines and replacing their LLPs, the cost of…

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October 29, 2018
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Widebody Rentals Still Weaker Than Expected
With above trend traffic growth widebody lease rentals should be strong but instead they appear to be weakening. Naturally the replacement cycle is in full swing with the arrival of the B787-9 and A350 in numbers. The B777-9 is ever closer to service entry and the A330neo has just arrived.…

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October 29, 2018
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Aircraft Asset Assessment Embraer E190
Market Presence. With the development of the E2 series of aircraft, Embraer has been actively seeking to sell new aircraft offering considerable incentives in the hope of maintaining production. This has affected the used market making it more difficult to dispose of aircraft coming off lease and seeking to be…

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October 29, 2018
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