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Aircraft Archive: Airbus
Values of Rolls-Royce Powered A330 and B777-200ERs “On Watch”
The values of A330 and B777s powered by Rolls-Royce engines have been placed “On Watch” status as concern over ease of remarketing increases. For the last decade there has increasing evidence that operators are becoming less wedded to a particular engine manufacturer. Many airlines now operate aircraft with difference engine…

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October 6, 2014
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Lessors at ISTAT Indicate Market at its “Peak”
Buoyant Market Persists but Threat of “Backlog Inversion” Remains The market, in terms of demand and lease rentals, was acknowledged by lessors presenting at the ISTAT European conference in Istanbul in late September to be at its peak. The demand stream, as illustrated by the ever extending backlog, has been…

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October 6, 2014
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Regional Jet Values Fail to Advance
The market for regional jets remains relatively strong though some changes to the fleet in the U.S. will likely see an ebb and flow of units on the used market. Values are in Millions of US Dollars and are based on The Aircraft Value Reference published by The Aircraft Value…

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October 6, 2014
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Lease Rentals Peak
The lease rentals of widebodies continue to exhibit stability but there is an expectation that they have reached their peak and are now on a plateau. A material upward shift in lease rentals could occur but only likely as a result of a rise in interest rates. A multitude of…

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October 6, 2014
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B777-300ER Residual Values Under Scrutiny As Remarketing Comes to Fore
The market for the B777-300ER seems as strong as ever with every lessor seemingly wishing to add the type to the portfolio but in the long term some concern exists as to the likely second tier operators. The values of the B777-300ER remain strong. New aircraft have reached values of…

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October 6, 2014
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Aircraft Asset Assessment: A330-300
Market Presence. Airbus has built a reputation around the use of the latest technology including envelope limiting computers, fly by wire and side stick controllers. Despite being designed in the 1980s, the A330 still is still viewed as contemporary though no match for the B787. Engines have undergone some upgrading,…

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October 6, 2014
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Launch of B737-MAX200 Helps to Keep Values Ahead of A320neo
The launch of the 200 version of the B737-MAX8 paves the way for values of the B737-MAX to continue to warrant a premium over the A320neo. In developing the new re-engined narrowbodies both Airbus and Boeing have been conscious of the need to meet the needs of operators today -…

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September 22, 2014
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Residual Values Today Take Heed of Events Not Expexcted 20 Years Ago
Residual values for aircraft are regularly being forecast ten, fifteen, twenty five years into the future and are increasingly needing to seek to encompass changing market conditions rather than merely extrapolate from the current market. In 1995 market forecasts relating to residual values for 2014 failed to anticipate major changes…

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September 22, 2014
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