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Aircraft Archive: Boeing B747-200SF
Freighter Values Remain Resilient
Despite passenger traffic seemingly out growing cargo traffic such has been the extent of recent growth that there continues to be shortage of cargo capacity, thereby allowing values modest improvement. The most notable event in the freighter market over recent months has been the effective cancellation of the A380F program.…

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April 16, 2007
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Annual Jet Aircraft Lease Rate Listing
Incremental Rise in Lease Rentals Persists The imbalance between supply and demand in favor of the latter has continued to allow lease rentals of newer equipment further improvement. For over two years lease rentals have enjoyed a substantive revival. Lease rentals of such popular aircraft were less than $200,000 during…

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March 19, 2007
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Freighter Rentals Start To Rise Again
The sustained expansion of air cargo in 2006 has allowed the emphasis on newer freighter aircraft to be maintained, easing rentals upwards once again. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) reported that members registered a 4.6 percent increase in traffic from 2006. This is a significant improvement over 2005 when…

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February 19, 2007
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Semi-Annual Jet Aircraft Value Listing
Values Of Old & New Continue To Diverge While the values of more modern aircraft continue to improve, those of older types face terminal decline in the face of a sustained rise in fuel prices and escalating maintenance costs. The majority of aircraft in mainstream production, particularly the narrowbodies, are…

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January 8, 2007
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Improvement For Some Freighter Values
Though recent months may have seen a slight slowdown in the rate of airfreight growth the traditional festive season will regenerate renewed interest. There remains a shortage of capacity, at least for more modern equipment. The demand for capacity remains sufficiently strong as to keep values at least at previous…

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November 27, 2006
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Freighter Rentals Remain On Even Keel
The loss of some military contracts has taken the edge off the boom time for the freight industry, but the run up to the peak Christmas period will provide sufficient solace to keep rentals at current levels. Military contracts represent a vital source of revenue for a number of operators,…

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October 16, 2006
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Values Remain on Even Keel
The peak of the market for both the freighter and passenger markets is fast approaching and values of freighters are perhaps as good as they are going to get, unless there is a significant fall in the price of oil in the coming months. Conversion centers are gearing up production,…

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September 4, 2006
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Values of Newer Aircraft Types Continue to Rise
The Results of Our Semi-Annual Jet Aircraft Value Listing While both Airbus and Boeing secured substantial orders during 2005, the year 2006 has not been so kind to beleaguered Airbus. Lack of orders, problems facing four-engine widebodies, delays in the A380, uncertainty over the A350/A370, and the forced resignations of…

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July 10, 2006
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