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Aircraft Archive: Boeing B737-700
Peak for Existing Products Despite Backlog
While there are thousands of aircraft on backlog, the transition to the product lines are keeping values realistic. The smaller backlog of 2006-2007 caused values to climb to new heights largely because production rates were of a lesser magnitude and due to a stable product line up. Today manufacturers are…

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December 1, 2014
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Rentals for Newer Narrowbodies Remain Stable
The demand for newer narrowbodies continues such that the orders secured by Boeing in the first nine months of 2014 surpassed expectations for the year as a whole. Similarly, Airbus has continued to record new orders. Macro factors are now contributing to an element of stability for lease rentals as…

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November 3, 2014
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CSeries Values Still an Enigma
The placement of 40 orders by Macquarie AirFinance takes the CSeries total to 243 aircraft representing a reasonable number but still insufficient to wrest uncertainty away from current and residual values. The delay to the program remains a concern as is the comparative lack of orders. Airbus and Boeing have…

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October 20, 2014
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First Flight of A320neo Fails to Dent A320ceo Values
A320ceo Exhibits Non Traditional Market Value Behavior The first flight of the A320neo turns a new page rather than heralds a new chapter for aviation - and potentially for values - as the aircraft seems destined to complement rather than replace in the short to medium term. The development of…

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October 20, 2014
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Residual Values Today Take Heed of Events Not Expexcted 20 Years Ago
Residual values for aircraft are regularly being forecast ten, fifteen, twenty five years into the future and are increasingly needing to seek to encompass changing market conditions rather than merely extrapolate from the current market. In 1995 market forecasts relating to residual values for 2014 failed to anticipate major changes…

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September 22, 2014
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Age Related Declines Take Effect
The values of most narrowbodies in production are experiencing age related declines. In normal balanced market conditions, values of aircraft should decline by some 5-7 percent per annum. When the market is strong such a decline is less evident and when times are adverse, values can fall by a much…

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September 8, 2014
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Rentals for Newer Narrowbodies Slightly Higher
The market lease rentals for the newer narrowbodies are managing to climb slightly higher as a result of the sustained demand though this may be at the expense of older examples. www.aircraftvalues.net or www.aircraftvalues.com. Rates are quoted in thousands of US dollars per month and exclude maintenance reserves. They assume…

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July 28, 2014
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Values Continue to Reflect Strong Market
Such is the demand for the aircraft that there sometimes exists The price stated on an invoice which is sometimes used to justify a particular value will not necessarily include all the factors. The net invoiced price may include pilot training – perhaps amounting to one to two percent of…

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June 16, 2014
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