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Aircraft Archive: Antanov ERJ135
Smaller Regional Jets Continue to Face Problems
The 50 seat regional jet is continuing to experience considerable difficulty in the face of even higher fuel prices. A number of carriers are divesting part of all of their fleet of regional jets and with a sustained rise in fuel prices, there remains the prospect of further rises in…

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July 21, 2008
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50-Seat Lease Rentals May Be Easing Once More
The recent period of stability for 50-seat regional jet lease rentals may be coming to an end as the effect of higher fuel prices and the need for mainline operators in the U.S. to alter their operations takes hold. The 50-seat regional jets were acquired at a time when the…

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April 28, 2008
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Lease Rentals of Remain Steady
After a period of modest improvement, lease rentals of the majority of regional jets have seemingly reached a ceiling. There continues to be reasonable variation in lease rates attributable to the region; the lessee; the term of the lease and the return conditions. The proportion of regional jets operated on…

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December 10, 2007
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Values of Regional Jets On Even Keel
The market for used 50-seat regional jets has far from disappeared and has been sufficient to absorb most of the remaining excess emanating from disposals from carriers such as Independence. The older CRJ100s as well as the smaller regional jets such as the ERJ135 and 328JET (except in a corporate…

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September 17, 2007
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Lease Rentals of Most Regional Jets Enjoy Rise
The lease rentals of most regional jets, including those of the 50 seaters, have continued to climb. Because production of the 50 seaters continues in name only, operators are forced to the used market. Despite the operating economics of the 50 seats suffering through the high price of fuel, the…

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August 6, 2007
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50 Seat Rates Remain on Even Keel
The lease rates of the 50 seaters have experienced something of a rollercoaster ride over the course of the last two years. The problems associated with de facto ending of production through to the intended and unintended disposal of a significant number saw a sharp fall in lease rentals, particularly…

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April 30, 2007
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ERJ145 Values Achieve Measure of Stability
The ERJ145 has faced considerable challenges over the course of the last 18 months, but many of the uncertainties have been reduced in significance such that values and lease rentals are on an even keel once more. The restructuring undertaken by the major U.S. airlines post 2001 clearly benefited the…

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April 30, 2007
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Rates For Larger Regional Jets Remain Strong
The operating lease market for the regional jet market remains a shadow of the narrowbody market but, depending on where the aircraft are leased, the rentals are remaining stable, at least for the larger examples. The regional jet market has failed to elicit the type of response from the lessors…

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December 11, 2006
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