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Aircraft Archive: Airbus
Length of Lease Continues to Influence Impact Rentals
The LRM (Lease Rental Matrix), which determines the average lease length and the adjustment to quoted lease rentals to reflect longer or shorter terms, has seen an extension to average terms as demand continues to outstrip supply but the last six months has not seen any significant change. A long…

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May 14, 2018
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A350-900 Lease Rentals Hold Steady
The lease rentals of the A350-900 have been able to achieve a measure of stability despite the slow production ramp up and some quality issues. The lease rentals for the first A350-900s produced in 2014 according to Aircraft Values Pro – www.aircraftvalues.net – amounted to $1.1 million per month. This…

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May 14, 2018
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Above CPI Inflation Sees Need for Ever Higher Maintenance Reserves
The engine manufacturers continue to increase spares pricing while the cost of engine overhauls is also increasing although as engine support packages take on ever greater significance, traditional standalone maintenance is losing some of its relevance. With an engine support program the level of overhaul undertaken may nor may not…

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April 30, 2018
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Service Entry of Bombardier Global 7000 Likely to Values of Used Aircraft
The service entry of new offerings from both Bombardier and Gulfstream will do little to sustain the recent stability of large dedicated business jets. After suffering significant falls in 2015 and 2016, the values of the larger business jets such as the G650 and Bombardier Global 6000 have more recently…

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April 30, 2018
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Values of Specific Airframe/Engine Combination Raised Again
Any differential in values of specific airframe/engine combinations have gradually been eroded over the last decade but there is increasingly a question mark over some airframe/engine combinations as to whether they should be discounted. The convergence in values of various airframe/engine combinations in recent years has been due to increasingly…

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April 30, 2018
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Aircraft Asset Assessment
Market Presence. The B767-400 was not a success for Boeing and indeed the aircraft has become marginalized. With only two operators the aircraft is likely to remain with existing operators for some years to come. The values of the -400 have not performed well though they are largely theoretical given…

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April 30, 2018
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….. A380, B777-200ER, B777-300ER and B787-8 Exposed
If past widebody experience is any indicator, then values of some of todays widebodies may experience similar significant declines. The B777-200ER has already been experiencing considerable problems in the last few years. As production slows and ends, the problems in remarketing used examples has become ever clearer. While some operators…

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April 30, 2018
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Freighter Lease Rentals Still on Upward Path
The demand for airfreight continues to increase and this represents an improving picture for the frieghters with lease rates stable or actually rising. This increase in traffic has already seen a number of aircraft being taken out of storage and returned to service. The production B747-400F, with its nose loading…

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April 30, 2018
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