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Aircraft Archive: Airbus
Absence of Orders & High Production Causes Backlog to Fall
The first six months of 2009 has seen the effects of the recession on Airbus and Boeing, with both failing to record any significant improvement in the orderbook while delivering a record number of aircraft. While Airbus secured 90 gross orders in the first six months of 2009, there were…

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August 3, 2009
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Semi-Annual Jet Aircraft Value Listing
Weak Demand Undermines Values of All Types There has been an appreciable change in the current and short term values of most aircraft types since the October 2008 issue due to the continuing difficulties of the financial markets and the recessionary effects of the global economy. The values were prepared…

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July 20, 2009
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Rentals Continue to Falter
The lease rentals of the more “desirable” narrowbodies – if indeed such a term can be used in the midst of the current malaise – continue to fall in the face of sustained problems. While there are still deals to be done, the raft of new deliveries, combined with significant…

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July 6, 2009
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Older Widebody Values Continue to Fall
With values having fallen so far already it is perhaps hard to imagine that there exists an opportunity for further falls to take place. Unfortunately in this market, the older widebodies are facing the prospect of reaching scrap levels much sooner than expected, never to recover. Against the backdrop of…

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July 6, 2009
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B777-300 Values Continue to Dive
As expected values, of the B777-300 continue to experience a significant decline. The -300 has been under pressure for a number of years, even before the onset of the recession. The limited range of the -300 has been a major problem for the aircraft, hence only 60 orders being placed.…

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July 6, 2009
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Aircraft Asset Assessment
The B777-300 Market Presence. The -300 has been in service for eleven years. The limited range of the -300, at least with respect to the capability of most other current widebodies, makes it suited to the needs of a relatively limited number of operators. The operator base is dominated by…

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July 6, 2009
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Falling B767-300ER Values Make M&B Conversions Attractive
The rapid, but not unexpected, fall in the value of B767-300ERs is making conversion to freighter that much more attractive such that the program is more certain of becoming a success – despite the Boeing “tax” on third party conversions. The conversion of B767-300ERs has long been eagerly anticipated by…

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July 6, 2009
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Transaction Data Correlates with Values
Financing Levels Much More Realistic A perennial problem for the calculation of market, rather than abstract base, values is finding sufficient reliable data points upon which to generate an opinion but fortunately there continue to be some indications of actual transaction pricing. China Eastern Airlines has reportedly finalized the sale…

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July 6, 2009
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