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Aircraft Archive: Boeing B747-400
Aircraft Asset Assessment -- A340-300
Market Presence. Despite being more than ten years of age, the A340-300 is still synonymous with the latest technology. The engines and cockpit may have been refined but the basic structure and systems are still contemporary. The A340-500 and -600 inevitably improves upon some aspects but there exists nothing major…

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By: Aircraft Value News
November 27, 2006
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Austrian Restructuring Points To Improved Market For Widebodies
A380 Delay Sees Operators Scramble For Capacity In eliminating the rest of its A330/A340 fleet and focusing on the existing B767/B777s in its fleet, Austrian Airlines is not only seeking to reduce costs but has also cited the improvement in widebody pricing emanating in part from the delay in the…

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By: Aircraft Value News
November 13, 2006
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Rise In A380 Break-Even Figure Muddles Values
Program Unlikely To Be Profitable - Until After The Arrival Of The -900 The problems surrounding Airbus, personified by the excruciating delay in the service entry of the A380, has increased the likelihood that the program will fail to generate a profit. The delay in the delivery of the A380…

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By: Aircraft Value News
October 30, 2006
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Airbus Widebodies Suffer
The problems facing Airbus have already impacted current values of their widebody products though this is more a consequence of the high price of fuel. The four engined configuration, just as with the trijets, no longer hold such relevance as they once did. The escalation in the price of fuel…

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By: Aircraft Value News
October 30, 2006
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Shortfall In B747-400BCF Values Cited At ISTAT Monaco Conference
This year's ISTAT Conference in Monaco, October 6-7, attracted 300 attendees, a 30 percent increase from the 2005 event. At the gathering, a consensus emerged: values of converted B747-400s are failing to adequately reflect the hike in feedstock prices. The B747-400 conversion has become extremely popular, as airfreight operators seek…

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By: Aircraft Value News
October 16, 2006
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Are Rentals Reaching Their Peak?
Lease rentals are tentatively increasing but for the most part seem to have reached a peak. The summer season may have passed but demand remains strong. While some widebodies will become available on short term leases, wet and dry, for the most part there will be sufficient retention to sustain…

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By: Aircraft Value News
October 2, 2006
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"Offer Pricing" Offers Insight Into Trading Activity
Although the aviation market is far from transparent in terms of pricing, there are a number of sources which offer a means of gauging whether values bear any resemblance to actual trading activity. There currently exists no single source for reliable transaction data. Although ISTAT is seeking to establish such…

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By: Aircraft Value News
October 2, 2006
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B747-8I Development Keeps Lid on A380 Pricing
Boeing Stretch Likely To Force Further Discounting on A380 The pursuit of a stretched version of the passenger B747-8, currently under development but lacking a launch customer, is likely to lead to sustained discounting by both Airbus and Boeing, to the point where residual values of both models will be…

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By: Aircraft Value News
September 4, 2006
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