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Aircraft Archive: Airbus
MRJ Residual Values Gain Further Credibility With Boeing Support
The emergence of new manufacturers always has the potential for upset the status quo and impact existing residual value forecasts but usually the entrance of new players takes many years to have any discernible impact. Airbus for example took some 15 years to become a viable force in aerospace manufacturing…

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By: Aircraft Value News
September 15, 2008
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Scrapping of Even Newer Aircraft Accelerates
While the high price of fuel has continued to secure interest in turboprops some older examples are not in such demand. BAE has sold four ATPs, all of which are less than 20 years of age, for parting out. One aircraft (msn 2009) has been sold to Atlantic; three ex-Merpati…

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By: Aircraft Value News
September 15, 2008
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Rates Continue to Face Tough Market
The older and less efficient widebodies continue to face difficult market conditions. Even though the price of fuel may have fallen from earlier highs and a shortage of new widebodies exists, the combination of lesser efficiency, rising maintenance costs, unreliability and increasing delivery rates are serving to displace older aircraft.…

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By: Aircraft Value News
September 15, 2008
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Freighter Values Remain Vulnerable
Just as summer in the Northern Hemisphere represents the opportunity make money to tide operations over the leaner off peak months, so too do the months leading up to the year provide a means for freight operators to fill their holds. The run up to Christmas festivities generates a considerable…

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By: Aircraft Value News
September 15, 2008
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Profitability of Lessors At Peak
ILFC Expects Lease Rentals to Weaken Lessors, in continuing to post substantial profits, demonstrates that the market still has considerable flexibility before reliving the turmoil of the early 1990s and post 2001. Engine leasing has become a popular form of leasing in recent years as financial institutions appreciate the ability…

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By: Aircraft Value News
September 1, 2008
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Collapse of Gemini Highlights Cargo Problems
The complete collapse of Gemini Air Cargo, resulting in the disposal of eight DC10-30Fs and four MD11Fs, underlines the continued the severity of the market facing the cargo market. The combination of higher fuel prices, and declining economic activity have, as usual, been more keenly felt by cargo operators. The…

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By: Aircraft Value News
September 1, 2008
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Lease Rentals for Fokker 100 Seemingly High
While the market for older aircraft may seem to be waning due to the high price of fuel the demand for some aircraft types seems to suggest otherwise. With Aircastle indicating that the average value of its B737 Classics has fallen to approximate $6 million, the less than ubiquitous Fokker…

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By: Aircraft Value News
September 1, 2008
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Values of Newer Aircraft Start to Falter
To date the principal focus of the effects of the downturn have focused on the older generation aircraft but as operators face every tougher conditions, the weakness in values has begun to spread to newer types. Gaps have begun to appear in delivery schedules which may allow some operators to…

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By: Aircraft Value News
September 1, 2008
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