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Aircraft Archive: Airbus
Airbus Expects That A300/A310 Fleet Will Achieve Average 35 Years of Life
With the closure of the A300/A310 production line, the first such cessation in the 35-year history of Airbus, the manufacturer is making plans to support the aircraft through to possibly 2050. The final A300, a freighter, was delivered to FedEx in July this year while the last A310 was delivered…

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August 6, 2007
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B737-500 Values Experience Modest Rise As Market Moves East
The values of the -500 are experiencing a modest increase as a result of reasonably sustained demand not least in Russia and Eastern Europe. The values of mainline 100 seaters have generally been under pressure during the course of this decade owing to a changing market structure. With the major…

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August 6, 2007
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B757 Values Remain on Even Keel
Despite portents of doom in the run up to 2001 and in the years thereafter, values of the B757 have managed to recover and achieve a measure of stability over the course of the last two years. Operators of the B757 have seen the benefit of retaining the type for…

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August 6, 2007
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Boeing List Prices Continue to Diverge From Actual Pricing
5.5 Percent Rise Suggest Rampant Market The rise in Boeing list prices, closely matching the increase announced earlier in the year by Airbus, points to a market that is close to over heating except that actual prices are fortunate to be rising by less than half the official rate.  …

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July 23, 2007
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Final A300 Delivery Fails to Dent Values
The delivery of the final example of an aircraft model is usually accompanied by a decline in values but the A300 has managed to shrug off the negative pressures. The last A300, a freighter, has been delivered to FedEx. A total of 561 A300s have been delivered over the course…

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July 23, 2007
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B787 Roll-Out Accompanied by Strengthening Values
The roll-out of the B787 was accompanied by further orders and such is the demand for the aircraft that values have continued to rise, at least with respect to the short term. List prices of the B787 have risen by six percent and some values by five percent over the…

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July 23, 2007
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Rates Grab Opportunity to Register Rise
Such is the sustained demand for widebody capacity that lease rentals of some types have improved. The smaller and medium sized widebodies have been the principal beneficiaries of the lack of availability of more modern equipment. The lesser fuel efficiency of the older types has been partially negated by the…

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July 23, 2007
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Freighter Values Remain Strong
Values of freighter aircraft remain one of the strongest of any category. Although some segments of the world economy are experiencing weakness, the growth in such markets as China and India continue to grow. The export orientation of China in particular is continuing to allow freighter aircraft to be filled…

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July 23, 2007
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