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Aircraft Archive: Boeing B727-200FHA
Values Yet to Follow Rise in Airfreight
According to IATA data airfreight traffic increased by 4.1 percent in the first six months of 2014 representing reasonably strong growth but values have yet to experience a reversal of the downward trend exhibited for so many years. Load factors, which are still below 50 percent, need to advance by…

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August 11, 2014
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Lease Rentals Fail to Advance
There are some signs that the airfreight market is beginning to improve in terms of traffic but as yet this has not translated into sustained demand for dedicated freighters. The growth of belly hold traffic continues apace with the delivery of so many new examples. Combined with the delivery of…

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July 14, 2014
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Airfreight Demand Begins to Show Promise
The airfreight market is beginning to show improvement in terms of traffic but this has yet to translate into improved demand for dedicated freighters. The Aircraft Rating (Aircraft Value Analysis Rating www.aircraftvalues.net; www.aircraftvalues.com) reflects the considered suitability for asset based financing over a seven year period. Ratings range from A++…

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June 2, 2014
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Rentals of Freighters Stable
The growth in airfreight continues to have a positive impact on freighter lease rentals. The problem for the airfreight market is that by adding capacity load factors can be reduced making it difficult for operators to increase yields and therefore contemplate additional capacity. The price of fuel is a positive…

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May 5, 2014
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Freighter Values Have Opportunity to Stabilize
The values of freighter aircraft may be turning the corner though the events in Ukraine may have some impact. IATA cites airfreight growth as being in line with industrial production whereas in the past it has exhibited twice the growth. For the month of January 2014 compared to January 2013,…

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March 10, 2014
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Freighter Lease Rentals Stabilize
The airfreight market is at last showing signs of improvement as a result of wider economic activity. IATA reports that airfreight traffic rose by more than six percent in November 2013 compared to the November 2012. Compared to October 2013, the November traffic increased by nearly three percent. The year…

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January 27, 2014
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Freighter Values Continue to Weaken
The resurgence in demand for airfreight always seems to be just around the corner. However, this has been the case for the last few years and demand has yet to return. This has increased pressure on values such that future falls have been experienced for dedicated freighters. Again, the lower…

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November 4, 2013
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Freighter Lease Rentals Fail To Advance
The parting out of a B747-400BCF only six years after being converted is a sad indictment of the state of the airfreight market. Serial number 27070 was built in 1994 and operated by Singapore Airlines until being acquired by Cathay Pacific in 2007 and converted to a freighter. The aircraft…

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October 21, 2013
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