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Aircraft Archive: B747-8I
First Quarter Orders Suggest Worse is to Come
The net order book for the manufacturers failed to materially advance in the first quarter of this year, underlining the severity of the market and contrasting with the larger orders placed in the first quarter of 2008. Airbus saw three cancellations for the A318 in the first quarter, a similar…

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April 27, 2009
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Boeing List Prices Show Only Modest Increase for 2008
Gap With Net Prices Continues to Widen Despite the rapid escalation of energy related costs during the course of 2008 Boeing list prices rose by a relatively modest 2.6 percent compared to those quoted in 2007, significantly less than the 4.9 percent registered by Airbus in mid 2008. The publication…

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March 2, 2009
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B747-8F Delay Will Benefit B747-400F Values
The much expected delay to the service entry of the B747-8F will do little to improve the values of the new aircraft but should provide some reassurance for values of the current B747-400F. The fall in cargo traffic has meant that demand for airfreight capacity has lost much of its…

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November 24, 2008
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Long Haul Ambitions May Aid Values if Widebody Demand Evaporates
The highly publicized reiterated ambition of Ryanair to participate in the sometimes lucrative transatlantic market could mop up some of the excess widebody capacity that could possibly emerge as a consequence of corporate failures and order cancellations. Ryanair, having already indicated such an intent in 2007 when oil prices started…

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November 10, 2008
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Residual Values of B747-8I “Dependent on Freighter Conversion”
The lack of fresh orders for the passenger version of the B747-8 at a time when development is advanced and the market is weak points to increasing concern over residual values. With only 28 orders secured to date for the passenger version, residual value calculations may need to be reassessed…

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November 10, 2008
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Widebody Values Face Increased Weakness
The values of widebodies have come under increasingly threat as the worldwide credit crunch mutates into a global recession. Whereas values of more modern widebodies may have previously be protected as international operations continued to expand and fuel prices rose, the imbalance between supply and demand is leading to an…

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November 10, 2008
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Market Activity Belies Uncertainty
While there exists considerable concern over a number of operators and the potential effect of another 30 operators collapsing, there continues to be considerable market activity in the used sector. Whatever the negativity of headlines, aircraft, particularly those in production, are still being traded with relative ease. Operators continue to…

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September 29, 2008
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B747-400 Residuals Face Increased Pressure
B777-300ER Increasingly Favored As Replacement Rather Growth Capacity The medium to long term residual values of the ubiquitous B747-400 are facing increased pressure as a result of the worldwide slowdown in traffic and the increased emphasis on using the most fuel efficient of equipment, notably the B777-300ER. The short term…

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August 18, 2008
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