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Aircraft Archive: Airbus
Aircraft Market Assessment — The B757-200/-200ER
Market Presence. The success of the B757 has been due in no small part to its operational versatility but age, capacity and absence of fleet commonality have taken their toll. The power to weight ratio is of particular relevance allowing operation from runways that can cause problems for alternative equipment.…

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September 27, 2021
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Long Term Storage Potentially Leads to Permanent Retirement in Three Years
The long-term storage of aircraft has historically led to permanent retirement, and therefore scrap values, and while the Covid Event has created specific issues, there still exists the danger that a failure to return aircraft to service within a viable timeframe will see aircraft failing to become active once more…

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September 27, 2021
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Aircraft Asset Assessment — A380
Market Presence. The deterioration in used A380 values has already been significant partly because of the fall in the value of a new A380 but more specifically due to the Covid Event. To a large extent, there has already been some readjustment to residual values because of the slowdown in…

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September 13, 2021
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B767-300ER Values Stable Due to Cargo Demand
The values of passenger B767-300ER’s have stopped falling largely because of the demand for conversion to freighter. Prior to the Covid Event, values of the -300ER were experiencing a modest decline because even then the demand for conversion feedstock was evident not least due to the establishment and growth of…

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September 13, 2021
AVN
Norwegian Cites “Tighter Market” for Lease Rates in 2022
As the demand for narrowbodies focusses on newer aircraft types and younger examples of outgoing models, lease rentals are beginning to increase as illustrated by recent comments by the heavily restructured Norwegian. Norwegian, although still very much operational, has been forced to curtail its operations as a result of the…

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September 13, 2021
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Net Pricing of B737 Reset - Again
Values of New B737 Set to Rise But Minimal Change in 25 Years The values of newly delivered aircraft have been variously reset over the last four decades because of significant downturns with the Covid Event being no exception but for narrowbodies at least, there is an expectation that the…

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September 13, 2021
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Nepal Airlines Finally Sells A Rare B757-200C for "$5.4 million"
The B757-200C owned by Nepal Airlines has been sold after a hiatus due to the Covid Event albeit for slightly less than the $5.7 million that was previously agreed. The aircraft (MSN 23863) was originally sold in December 2019 for $5.7 million to CSDS Asset Management after being offered for…

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September 13, 2021
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Lessor Ilyushin Finance Seeks to Sell Tu-204 / Tu-214 for $20.6 million Each
The Russian lessor, Ilyushin Finance, is reportedly seeking to sell seven Tu-204/Tu-214s for $20.6 million each but the aircraft are not in an airworthy condition. The Tu-204 is the Russian version of the B757 powered by PS-90 engines (the TU204-120 is powered by RB211 engines and are not part of…

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September 13, 2021
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