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Aircraft Archive: Boeing B737-800
Interest Rates & Competition Keep Lid on Rentals
The leasing market has been dominated by low interest rates for over a decade and even though there have been various indications that rates were set to rise the rise has only been modest in comparison with expectations. Lease rental factors (LRFs) express the montly lease rental as a percent…

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March 4, 2019
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A320ceo and B737-800 Values Remain Stable
With less than 70 A320ceos remaining to be delivered and only 26 B737-800s on backlog, it would be expected that values would be falling by more than average but the last year has seen a relatively modest fall. As of the end of January 2019 there had been 4770 orders…

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March 4, 2019
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Market Values Ease Down
The values of in production narrowbodies continue to fall but in general by less than the average annual fall of 8-10 percent. The A320ceo and B737-800 remain favored even as production transitions to the new aircraft. One of the principal issues for used values is the stagnation in new prices.…

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February 18, 2019
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Residual Value Risk Increasing As Rentals Remain Weak
Competition & Lessee Difficulties Raises Prospect of Future Impairment The competition among lessors continues to be intense with lease rentals for both narrowbodies and widebodies lower than lessors would wish or desire. For the lessors to achieve security and to be able to finance expansion and replacement aircraft, the majority…

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February 18, 2019
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Semi-Annual Jet Aircraft Value Listing
Competitive Pricing of New Aircraft Continues to Impact Used Values The record backlog is not preventing the two principal protagonists from engaging in significant competition, thereby affecting new net pricing and used values of both narrowbodies and widebodies. The combined backlog of Airbus and Boeing amounted to over 13,100 aircraft…

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January 7, 2019
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Engine Life Limited Parts Remain Major Cost Item for Operators
The cost of the life limited parts continues to be a major cost item for operators and even with the recent agreement between the CFM and IATA over the use of PMA parts, the current situation will likely not change in the near term. Engine technology has advanced significantly from…

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December 10, 2018
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B737-900ER Values Fall Below the -800
In sharp contrast to the A321, the values of the -900ER have continued to fall such that the variant is mainly worth less than the smaller -800. In the spring of 2001, Boeing started studying the possibility of a -900X featuring more range and allowing more seats to be fitted.…

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November 26, 2018
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Change in Aircraft Ratings Highlights Move to Newer Equipment
The latest ratings assigned to aircraft have been released by AVAC (www.aircraftvalues.net) and generally reflect the declining appeal of some types in the medium term. Aircraft Ratings for aircraft were created by AVAC some 15 years ago becoming the standard and subsequently adopted by the appraisal, investment and regulatory community…

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November 12, 2018
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