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Aircraft Archive: Airbus
A380 Values Fail to Improve Despite Return to Service
The values of the A380 collapsed, partly as a result of Covid but also because of a changing market structure, and while a number have been restored to service, many others remain in storage with operators still seeking a solution to a seemingly intractable problem. A total of 251 A380s…

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October 24, 2022
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Values Recovering to Pre-Pandemic Forecasts Despite Headwinds
Lease Rentals Climb As Lessors Regain Upper Hand Semi-Annual Market Overview Part 1 – Cyclic Forces Constrain Recovery. Values of many aircraft types – commercial jets and turboprops alike – are seeing values recover to pre-pandemic projections as the effects of the Covid Event wane and as demand surges from…

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October 13, 2022
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Rentals of Newer Widebodies Gain Momentum
The lease rentals of the newer widebodies are continuing to see improvement as demand in the international market improves and also because of the rise in interest rates. While in the distant past lease rentals were fixed over the term of the lease, which may still be the case for…

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October 13, 2022
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B737-300 Values Set Precedent for B737-800?
The trend of B37-300 values in the 2000’s perhaps provides an indication of how values of the -8 will behave in the 2020’s. Values of the –300 previously performed well because of an extensive operator base and because the type possessed the attributes to sell well and more or less…

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October 13, 2022
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Aircraft Asset Assessment - The B737-300
Market Presence. Although production may have ceased more than two decades ago, the proven reliability of the type, combined with relatively low maintenance costs, ensured that the type remained a relative mainstream type until 2007. The B737-300 can no longer give the competition a run for its money, even when…

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October 13, 2022
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B787 MTOW Increase Warrants “Approximate $1m” Premium
Boeing has increased the weights of the B787-9 and B787-10 such that a premium is now warranted for both types. Aircraft manufacturers usually increase the weight of aircraft over time with the A330-300 for example increasing the weight from 230 tonnes to 242 tonnes. The increase in weight allows for…

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October 13, 2022
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Values of Older Aircraft Still Fall While Lease Rentals Rise
Lessors Start to Recoup With Higher Interest Rates Despite the improvement in demand there are still some 10,000 aircraft in storage, mostly older aircraft, and many are destined to see a limited return to service at best, thus prompting values to fall while inflationary pressures serve to see a contrary…

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September 26, 2022
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Fuel Price Disconnect & SAF Premium May Hinder Value Recovery
While the price of a barrel of crude oil may be falling from earlier highs, jet fuel prices are no longer remain on a par and the disconnect, along with the higher cost of SAF, is causing operators to consider limiting capacity, thereby potentially impacting the overall demand for used…

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September 26, 2022
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