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Aircraft Archive: Airbus
Lower Net Pricing for New Aircraft Will Undermine Used Values
With both IATA and ICAO expecting massive losses for 2009, the appetite for ordering new aircraft, accepting delivery of those already on order, and the ability to secure financing is sufficiently reduced as to continue to increase pressure on aircraft pricing and thereby undermine used values. Historically, there has been…

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June 22, 2009
AVN
Freighter Rentals Remain Under A Cloud
With ICAO forecasting that airfreight will be down a massive 17 percent for 2009 compared to 2008, the lack of demand for airfreight capacity is taking its toll. The market for freighters is facing one of its toughest challenges for decades. With container ships offering capacity for the cost of…

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June 22, 2009
AVN
Boeing Annual Fee Could Impact Residuals
Operators of Third Party Conversions Face Bill For “Millions” The imposition of an annual fee for technical support by Boeing on non-Boeing performed licensed conversions has the potential to impact the residual values of aircraft converted by third parties. Boeing has introduced an annual fee of $150,000 for narrowbody and…

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June 8, 2009
AVN
Older Aircraft Face Yunkyard That Much Sooner
Just as in the last recession, older aircraft in need of major cash expenditure are likely to be parted out sooner than theoretical average-age retirement forecasts suggest. Older aircraft that require a major maintenance visit (HMV) and/or engine overhauls are facing the scrapheap. Operators and owners no longer have the…

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June 8, 2009
AVN
Value of Chinese A320s Likely to be Consistent with European Examples
The flight in May of the first A320 to be assembled in China requires careful analysis as to whether such aircraft can be actively traded in the wider market and therefore justify the same value as those A320s manufactured in Europe. The first Chinese A320 was assembled in Tianjin under…

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June 8, 2009
AVN
Scrapping of B767-300s Highlights Dangers for Ageing Marginalized Types
The sale of two 1986 B767-300s – the first to be built – by Japan Airlines to GA Telesis for part out underlines the problem of projecting values for 25 years or more. The two B767-300s (serial numbers 23216/23217), members of a family still held in high regard, are to…

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June 8, 2009
AVN
Even Scrapping Has Become Difficult
The significant fall in the price of spares has inevitably led to a further deterioration in even scrap values of aircraft. There now seems little point in providing a listing of such aircraft such is the lack of relevance to asset based financing. With the majority of Chapter 2 aircraft…

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June 8, 2009
AVN
Values of A319 Experience Significant Fall
Values of the A319, in common with all aircraft types, have suffered as the market weakens further. A319 Vital Statistics LAUNCH 05/1993 STANDARD MTOW 141,100lbs LIST PRICE 2008 $63.3-77.3m FIRST FLIGHT 08/1995 OPTIONAL MTOW 166,400lbs TYPICAL DISCOUNT 44% SERVICE ENTRY 04/1996 FUEL CAPACITY 6,300 usg VALUE Y1996 IGW $18.0m ORDERS…

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June 8, 2009
AVN