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Aircraft Archive: Boeing B747-100
No Hiding Place for Older Widebodies
The combination of age, maintenance and inefficiency continue to take their toll on the older widebodies so much so that values for virtually all type are at scrap levels. The cost of reconfiguring the older widebodies is such that there are few owners willing to undertake the task. A widebody…

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February 4, 2008
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Out of Production Widebody Values: Values Remain Fragile
With the price of fuel continuing to rocket to new highs, the appetite for the gas-guzzling leviathans of old continues to weaken. The combination of three-person flight decks, rising maintenance costs, lesser reliability and fuel consumption are all conspiring to ensure the demise of older widebodies. Remarketing increasingly has to…

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November 12, 2007
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B777-300 Residuals Fail to Impress
The widebody market continues to grow but the values of the -300 continue to decline. Virtually all -300s remain with their original customers which makes for difficult determination of market values. Orders for the B777-300 total only 60, down from four years ago when 62 were on order. The last…

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September 3, 2007
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Despite Strong Market Values Keep Falling
Values of older widebodies continue to face weakness as the effects of higher maintenance and operating costs take precedence over lack of newer products. The cost of reconfiguring the older widebodies is such that there are few owners willing to undertake the task. A widebody can cost between $5-10 million…

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August 20, 2007
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Rates Grab Opportunity to Register Rise
Such is the sustained demand for widebody capacity that lease rentals of some types have improved. The smaller and medium sized widebodies have been the principal beneficiaries of the lack of availability of more modern equipment. The lesser fuel efficiency of the older types has been partially negated by the…

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July 23, 2007
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Ripple Effect Fails To Prevent Fall In Values
While the impact of a lack of supply of newer models may have resulted in a rise in lease rentals, values of older widebodies continue to remain on the ropes. The values of a number of older widebodies are below $5 million. The increase in lease rentals may have caused…

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May 14, 2007
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Rates Remain Stable
At long last the lease rentals of the older widebodies appear to have stopped falling with some actually registering an increase as operators seek short-term solutions to longer-term shortfalls in capacity. While the price of oil continues to hover around $60 a barrel the lack of widebody capacity from the…

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April 2, 2007
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Values Of Ageing Widebodies At Scrap Levels
Older widebodies remain out of the favor despite the strength of the market and the continued absence of capacity in key market segments. The market conditions of today - "the noughties" - differ markedly from those of a decade and 20 years ago. In the late 1980s, the collapse of…

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February 19, 2007
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