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Aircraft Archive: Airbus
Widebody Lease Rentals Falter
The new Omicron variant of the Covid virus has inevitably caused a number of problems which will hopefully be of resolved in the near future. Bookings have cancelled or not made; operators have cancelled flights; governments have closed borders; entry restrictions, testing and isolation have been reintroduced in many countries…

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December 6, 2021
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Mid Life Narrowbody Values Fail to Advance
The recovery was well underway in the narrowbody segment but it was all too evident that the focus was on newer aircraft with the lessors reporting that slots for 2022 and even 2023 were already taken. This leaves the mid-life aircraft vulnerable to the sporadic nature of the recovery such…

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December 6, 2021
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Values of B747-8I Fall Into Abyss
Even before Covid the values of the B747-8 were imploding and as such the pandemic has merely made the obvious all too painfully obvious – that the B747-8 was another failure for Boeing just as much as the B757-300 and B767-400. The B747-8 was designed to be the first lengthened…

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December 6, 2021
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Aircraft Asset Assessment - B747-8I
Market Presence. The development of the B747-8I improved the operating economics of the type but with the move towards twins and a changing market structure this was not enough to induce replacement orders for the -400. There is little to commend the -8I and the availability of such an aircraft…

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December 6, 2021
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Turboprop Residuals Take Account of New Models
The values – both current and future - of turboprops have been able to enjoy a measure of reasonable stability for a decade or more partly because of the absence of any major changes to the product line but with Embraer seeking to enter this segment of the market and…

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December 6, 2021
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Baseline Lease Rental Terms Start to Return to “Normal”
The LRM (Lease Rental Matrix), which determines the average lease length and the adjustment to quoted lease rentals to reflect longer or shorter terms, has seen an improvement over the last six months as traffic has improved. Lease terms can vary considerably and are to a large extent dependent on…

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November 22, 2021
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Reducing Storage Aids Regional Jet Rentals
The market for regional jets over the course of the eighteen months has been geocentric with the U.S. fleet notably employed while others have languished in storage. Storage alone does not necessarily dictate lease rentals but it does provide evidence as to potential demand and the ability of lessors to…

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November 22, 2021
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Freighter Values At Their Peak
The airfreight market continues to enjoy strong growth with cargo traffic being some nine percent higher than the same period in 2019. When compared to September 2020 traffic is some 15 percent greater. The demand for airfreight, as detailed above, continues to show sustained growth not least because of some…

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November 22, 2021
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