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Aircraft Archive: Airbus
Definition of Product Line Reduces Residual Value Volatility
Once the replacement for the B777 is announced later this year then the product line up is more or less defined for the next 15 years thereby contrasting markedly with the situation of four years ago. One of the greatest difficulties in terms of residual value calculations, at least in…

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August 12, 2013
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Pricing Disparity Between B787 & A350 Set to Emerge Due to Rising Costs?
The considerable delay to the service entry of the B787, combined with the issue of penalty payments, has created a problem for future sales pricing of the aircraft. When launched, the development cost of the B787 was expected to be some $6 billion seeking a reduction from the original forecast…

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August 12, 2013
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Lease Rentals Fail to Move
There are only minor indications that the airfreight market is showing signs of improvement with Silk Way Airlines of Azerbaijan ordering two B747-8Fs. The world economy continues to improve slightly though again the Eurozone crisis faces new pressures which are curtailing demand for imported goods. This absence of consistent growth…

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July 29, 2013
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Values of A320 Could Increase by “$2 Million” if Capacity Increased
The values of the A320neo have the potential to be increased by more than $2 million if the capacity can be increased from the current maximum of 180 seats to a possible 192. There has been unsubstantiated speculation that easyJet have been seeking a higher capacity A320. An extra two…

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July 29, 2013
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B787 Fire Puts Pressure for Values as “On Watch” Status Remains
The fire involving the parked Ethiopian B787 at London’s Heathrow airport represents another setback for the image of the type and makes it more of an imperative to retain the “On Watch” status. The memory of the lengthy grounding of the B787 earlier this year may have started to fade…

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July 29, 2013
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MD83 Values Fail to Clamber Out of Canyon
The values of the MD83 continue to remain depressed as they have been for nearly a decade but the size of the operator base shows that there remains interest in the type. Despite still being the most desirable of MD80 variants, the fortunes of the MD83 have experienced sustained adversity.…

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July 29, 2013
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Values of Chapter 2 Aircraft At Scrap Levels
Such has been the passage of time that those that have become involved in the industry in the last decade may not even know what a Chapter 2 aircraft consists of. As is to be expected a significant number of the new aircraft are being used to replace existing aircraft.…

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July 29, 2013
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Aircraft Asset Assessment: MD83
Market Presence. The MD83 experienced its heyday in the late 1980s and early 1990s. While values started to stumble more than ten years ago, availability only became a major issue in recent years. Even before production ceased in 1999, the MD83 was already facing severe pressure from the A320 and…

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July 29, 2013
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