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Aircraft Archive: Boeing B737-800
B737-700 & A319 Values Suffer Despite Apparent Need for Smaller Aircraft
The values of the B737-700 and A319 would seem to warrant lesser discounting due to the perception that smaller aircraft will be required in the future and this has some validity except that with Delta imposing a maximum 60 percent load factor on all flights, smaller is not necessarily better.…

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May 25, 2020
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Long Term Residuals See Some Gains As Manufacturers Delay New Programs
The calculation of long-term residual values inevitably encompasses an assessment of future demand in the context of product life cycles and the arrival of new products, but the Covid event sees a delay to developments that will benefit existing types. The manufacturers have already introduced significant reductions to production rates…

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May 25, 2020
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Regional Aircraft Values Face No Better Than Mainline Jets
Collapse of Boeing-Embraer Deal Exacerbates Difficulties for Segment The regional jets, particularly in the U.S., are seen by some as a possible source of optimism in terms of meeting the demand or traffic when passengers start flying again but values have fallen by more than 30 percent and will face…

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May 11, 2020
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Lease Rentals Experience Massive Fall
The lease rentals can be expected to fall even further than values in the short term. The lessors will seek to stave off the clamouring for rent reductions as much as possible but there has to be a measure of realism. Leases could be extended for 3-6 months or rates…

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May 11, 2020
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Aircraft Ratings Register Significant Falls
Ever since The Aircraft Value Analysis Company (AVAC www.aircraftvalues.net) first created the now industry standard Aircraft Ratings in 2003, which became the benchmark for other appraisers and asset based lending, the Ratings have experienced relatively little volatility between one year and the next, but COVID-19 has caused a significant fall…

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April 14, 2020
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Narrowbodies Fare Better than Widebodies
COVID-19 has had a disastrous effect on the values of virtually all aircraft types but some narrowbodies are managing to shrug off the worst of the discounting. In this issue, a ROM (rough order of magnitude) is provided for narrowbodies in terms of the level of discounting to be applied…

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April 14, 2020
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Values & Lease Rentals Suffer Catastrophic Fall
Recovery Dependent on Vaccine & Extent of Any Economic Winter Previously values and lease rentals were not regarded as being on the brink of a precipice, but indeed they were, and now values have mostly tumbled into the abyss although some types will be able to clamber out of the…

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March 30, 2020
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Horizon Aircraft Finance III ABS Values Show Appraiser Variance
In mid 2019, the large lessor, BBAM, issued an Asset Backed Securitization (ABS) for 18 aircraft for which three appraisals were provided with some divergence among opinions for the most popular of aircraft, the A320 and B737-800. The Horizon Aircraft Finance III ABS was the fourth term securitization issued by…

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February 17, 2020
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