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Aircraft Archive: Airbus
Pricing of New B747-400s Peaked in 1997 Before Falling
The B747-400 was once the workhorse of flag carriers around the world and for a while in the 1990s the price of a new example seemed set to continue. When the B747-400 entered service in 1989 it represented the most expensive commercial aircraft and for a time the impact of…

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February 18, 2019
AVN
Start of B737-700 Conversions Will Aid Passenger Residual Values
With the announcement by Pemco Conversions that it will commence Passenger to Full Freighter conversions, this will provide some reassurance for residual values of the B737-700 in the coming years. The conversion of aircraft to freighters can sometimes be benefit values of aircraft that have reached the end of their…

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February 18, 2019
AVN
Values of A318 Fall by 85 percent in 15 Years
The values of the A318 have exhibited a steep decline since service entry and have never really managed to stage a recovery. When the A318 entered service in 2003 it was already suffering from a difficult market. Post 2001 saw values of every aircraft fall by a greater or lesser…

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February 18, 2019
AVN
Age & Product Transition Take Their Toll on Rentals
The market for regional jets is not as buoyant as it once was because of the transition in the product line and due to lease expirations. The older Embraer products, notably the E170 and E190/E195, are exposed as a flurry of examples are being released by existing operators. This process…

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February 18, 2019
AVN
Aircraft Asset Assessment
CRJ700 Market Presence. There are approximately 330 CRJ700s in service with 30 operators. The majority, 276 or 84 percent, are located in the U.S. Asia and Pacific have only 27 units or eight percent of the market. The majority – or nearly a 100 aircraft - are located with Skywest…

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February 18, 2019
AVN
Values of the -400F Stable
Until the last few months the increase in airfreight traffic has served to allow values of the -400F to remain stable and even improve slightly. The B747 was always designed with the intention of being converted as Boeing believed that supersonic transports would become the norm. The original B747F started…

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January 21, 2019
AVN
Record 2018 Deliveries Not At Expense of Used Values
Airbus and Boeing managed to register record deliveries for 2018 but this has not adversely impacted values even though there was an opportunity for many new aircraft to act as replacements. With traffic levels still above the long term trend of five percent, albeit slowing, this growth needs to be…

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January 21, 2019
AVN
Airbus Investigates Replacement for A320neo & A350 Re-engining
Residuals Need to Reflect Changing Product Line in Long Term Residual value projections rarely assume that the status quo will be maintained over a 15-25 time horizon and as such market based forecasts will expect that current models will be upgraded and indeed, replaced. Market based forecasts are constantly anticipating…

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January 21, 2019
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