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Aircraft Archive: Airbus
Aircraft Liquidity Still Fails Widebodies
The liquidity of aircraft represents a significant factor in determining the values of existing types but can also illustrate the potential for types currently held in high regard. There are few types that have the highest rating in the period 2011-2017. The liquidity seeks to reflect how easy it is…

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December 11, 2017
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Effect of Possible A380 Production Cessation Started to be Assessed
Pressure Mounts For New Order Announcements There has a clear expectation, partly based on emanations from Airbus itself, that there would be further A380 order announcements during the course of 2017 and, even though there still exists such a possibility rather than a probability, such absence is increasingly making it…

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December 11, 2017
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Aircraft Asset Assessment
Market Presence. The A340-500 offered much when proposed but the mistake lay in maintaining a flawed philosophy. The four engines seemingly provided reliability and safety but it was already evident that two engines would also provide efficiency and safety. The A340-500 may have been the cheaper option to develop but…

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December 11, 2017
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B757 Rentals Show Little Decline in Recent Years
The B757 has been in service for some 35 years and has been a stalwart for the leasing community providing good returns for decades and while advancing age and replacements are taking their toll, lease rentals seem to be holding steady. Even though the leasing community initially preferred to focus…

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December 11, 2017
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Regional Jet Values Continue to Fall
The values of the regional jets are facing issues in terms of lack of investment and the transition to new types. The CRJ product line is ending the line with a major investment needed to essentially replace the aircraft. Sales will continue for the CRJ but largely the basis of…

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December 11, 2017
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Banking Regulations Continue to Require Assessment of Risk
Ever more restrictive banking regulations are seeing a need for risk to be assessed not least in the form of distressed sales. The level of discounting needed to dispose of aircraft on a distressed – or fire sale – has gradually eased for some more popular aircraft types but deteriorated…

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November 13, 2017
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American Order for E175s Represents Limited Risk Despite E2
The backlog for the current version of the E175 continues to nudge nearly a 100 representing a significant amount given that the replacement of the type is already scheduled. The latest order for 10 units from American Airlines does not however represent much of a risk as the purchase price…

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November 13, 2017
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Competition Keeps Rentals Keen
The demand for leased narrowbody aircraft continues to rise with the lessors failing to satisfy demand yet this has not led to an increase in lease rentals. The newer market entrants, including those companies taking over existing lessors, may have been under pressure to prove their worth by a number…

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November 13, 2017
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