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Aircraft Archive: Boeing B737-300
Lease Rate & Value Behavior Follows Classic Trend
Historically, values and lease rentals have reacted differently during the course of the cycle and this recession is exhibiting the same trends. Values and lease rentals are subject to differing forces and timings. Lease rentals tend to be more volatile than values and are much more extreme in terms of…

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September 28, 2009
AVN
Chapter 2 Segment has no Relevance
Chapter 2 aircraft have little or no relevance to asset based financing. While such aircraft are traded, finding finance based on the value of the asset is virtually impossible. The number in permanent storage is ever rising and the junkyards cannot keep up with the rate of disposal. With the…

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September 28, 2009
AVN
IN THIS ISSUE: AVN’S SEMI-ANNUAL TURBOPROP VALUE LISTING
Shifting Demand Patterns Aid Lease Rentals but Increases Risk Second Tier Operators Take Up Slack as Majors Continue to Contract The rate of fall in lease rentals has slowed slightly in the last few months but partly by virtue of some aircraft being leased to second tier carriers. IATA Traffic…

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September 14, 2009
AVN
B737-500 Values Experience Substantive Decline
The values of the -500, in common with other members of the B737 Classic family, have experienced a considerable decline over the course of the last eighteen months. The introduction of new larger regional jets as well as a changing structure and ageing product life cycle means that the B737-500…

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August 31, 2009
AVN
Lease Rates Continue To Decline
Lessors Chasing Fewer Lessees Lease rates of most aircraft types continue to decline in the face of weakening demand and rising availability. Earlier in the year, lease rates of aircraft of the A320 and B737NG families had fallen by some 20 percent. This downward trend has continued through the months…

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August 17, 2009
AVN
Asking Prices Become More Realistic
Asking prices for used aircraft have at last become much more realistic in response to the continuing deterioration in the market. A 1991 A300-600R is being offered at $11 million fresh a C check. This price is slightly higher than the current market value of around $10 million but any…

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August 17, 2009
AVN
Values Keep on Falling
Finding green shoots of recovery may have become the new craze for politicians but for aviation, the focus is on survival. While the international sector, and therefore widebodies, is facing very tough times the regional and domestic markets are also experiencing shortfalls in demand and revenue. With operators having pared…

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August 17, 2009
AVN
Older A320 Values Face Tough Times
Despite the still substantial backlog for the A320, the combination of the length of production and incremental improvement over the years is becoming an increasing. The events post 2001 amply illustrated the potential problems that can occur with another downturn. The need for lessors to place newer aircraft already on…

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August 17, 2009
AVN