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Aircraft Archive: Boeing B747-400
Annual Jet Aircraft Lease Rate Listing
Lease Rentals Remain Steady Despite Pressures Despite the growing uncertainties over the state of the U.S. economy and financial vulnerability, lease rates for most aircraft remains steady. Even with the fall in interest rates the appetite for aircraft is such that lease rentals remain steady, particularly for the more popular…

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March 17, 2008
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B747-400 Residuals Need to Reflect Retirement in Favor of Newer Types
The values of B747-400s are currently riding high, buoyed by the delay in the service entry of the A380 and exceptional demand from the freighter sector, but with a number of operators considering replacements residual values need to reflect future market realities. The values of the B747-400 have enjoyed a…

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February 18, 2008
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Delays to New Aircraft Keeps Pressure on Rentals
The delay in the service entry of the B787 has ensured that those operators needing an extension to current leases will have to pay a premium. While there may be trouble ahead in terms of the uncertainty over the U.S. and therefore global economy, the expansion of international markets is…

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February 4, 2008
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Semi-Annual Jet Aircraft Value Listing
Strong Demand Obscures Note of Caution The year 2007 seems set to be another record year for the manufacturers but the high price of fuel, combined with weakness in the financial markets, is taking its toll on values, if not lease rentals. Delivery slots for most aircraft in production, apart…

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January 7, 2008
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Aircraft Value Review - B747-400: B747-400 Values Achieve Stability After Recent Surge
The last 18 months has seen a significant improvement in values and pricing of the B747-400 as a consequence of the delay in the service entry of the A380 as well as the demand for freighter feedstock. The development of the B747-8 however, finally draws a line under the production…

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November 12, 2007
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Aircraft Asset Assessment
The B747-400 Market Presence. The B747-400 still represents the core of many major carriers fleets around the world. Performance, economy and capacity have, until recently, been unmatched and had become the baseline by which all other types are judged. In designing the A380, Airbus had to reduce operating costs by…

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November 12, 2007
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B787 Delays Places Further Upward Pressure on B767 Rentals
Values of First 40 B787 Placed "On Watch" The six-month delay to the service entry of the B787 will place further upward pressure on the lease rentals, and indeed values, of the B767-300ER. The final assembly of the first B787 has been delayed by five months and flight testing by…

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October 29, 2007
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A380 Residuals Under Pressure Owing to Conversion Uncertainty
Airbus continue to be concerned that long-term residual values of the A380 are failing to take account of the potential for freighter conversion at the end of passenger use, some 20 years after entering service. Residual value forecasts for the A380 vary considerably. The very size of the A380 has…

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October 29, 2007
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