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Aircraft Archive: B787-9
Virgin Switch Highlights End Game for A340 Values
Single Digit Backlog Will Prevent Value Recovery With Virgin Atlantic Airways having switched six remaining orders for the A340-600 to the A330-300, the backlog for the A340-500 and -600 amounted to no more than seven aircraft as of the end of 2009, thereby pointing to further erosion of values. Virgin…

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February 1, 2010
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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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Value Premium for B787 Could Dissipate
Lower Fuel Prices, Delays & Weaker Market Make for Difficult Times The premium that the B787 attracted when the market was buoyant and when fuel prices were high now has the potential to dissipate should the negatives prevail for any length of time. The early delivery slots for the B787-8…

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January 19, 2009
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Boeing Strike Aids Lack Luster Values
Lack of New Aircraft Keeps Focus on Used Market While the Boeing share price may be dipping, the benefit of the strike at the U.S. manufacturer is to allow used values to remain resilient during increasingly uncertain times. The strike at Boeing, still in force at the time of writing,…

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September 29, 2008
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Revival of B767-300ER Production Would See Weak Residuals
Delay to B787-10 Again Improves Prospects for A350 Yet another delay to the B787 is creating serious problems for airlines and raises the prospect of Boeing restarting production of the B767-300ER, a type which may be in demand today but which will be less favored tomorrow. The problems announced by…

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April 28, 2008
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Potential for Additional A380 Orders Chips Away At Values
Airbus has been working hard to counter the concerns of the market over absolute demand for the A380 and the potential for remarketing, both of which have sometimes impacted values, but new orders are at least demonstrating that the appeal of the type extends beyond a few launch customers. Some…

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March 3, 2008
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B787-8 Values Buoyed by "$1m" Lease Rentals
Despite the delays, values of the B787-8 remain unaffected although they continue to be buoyed by near record lease rentals, which, in turn prompt higher values. With low interest rates the lease rental factor (LRF), which expresses the monthly lease rental as a percentage of the value, should be around…

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March 3, 2008
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Long Term B777-300ER Residuals Under Scrutiny
Emirates A350-1000 Order Creates Uncertainty for Boeing Since entering service in 2004 the B777-300ER has become the leading widebody in terms of perceived residual value strength but with the selection of the competing A350-1000 by Emirates comes a threat to values in the long term. The development of the B787…

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December 10, 2007
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