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Aircraft Archive: Airbus AIRCRAFT
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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B737-9 EASA Certification Does Nothing for Values
The market for the larger versions of the B737MAX remains fragmented and this has adversely affected values of the B737-9 and B737-10. In October, EASA certificated the B737-9 some eight months after the FAA. Both Icelandair and Turkish have ordered the -9. But the larger versions of the B737MAX are…

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November 12, 2018
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Change in Aircraft Ratings Highlights Move to Newer Equipment
The latest ratings assigned to aircraft have been released by AVAC (www.aircraftvalues.net) and generally reflect the declining appeal of some types in the medium term. Aircraft Ratings for aircraft were created by AVAC some 15 years ago becoming the standard and subsequently adopted by the appraisal, investment and regulatory community…

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November 12, 2018
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Residuals Can Be Lower Than Expected
The market for narrowbodies may seem to be as strong as it ever has been in the past but this has not translated into higher values. One of the principal issues for used values is the stagnation in new prices. Although the manufacturers may – will be - be applying…

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November 12, 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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Two Early Build B737-900ERs Sold Between Lessors
Establishing values of the B737-900ER is likely to be difficult as there are relatively few operators and in view of the predilection for lessors to sell encumbered aircraft between themselves. The operator base of the B737-900ER is not as liquid as it is for many other aircraft types and this…

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October 29, 2018
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Lease Rates Increase for Less Financially Secure Lessees
Fragility of Some Lessees Seeing Premature Return of Aircraft A raft of airline failures – both large and small – in recent years is leading to lessors placing a premium on rentals of aircraft to less financially secure operators. Part of the success of the operating lease industry over the…

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October 29, 2018
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