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Aircraft Archive: Boeing B747-400
Boeing List Prices Exhibit Substantive Rise
Disconnect Between List & Actual Prices Remains Intact The average 4.4 percent rise in Boeing list prices continues to outstrip the increase in values, causing the differential between the two figures to increase. The lower and higher list prices recorded by Boeing reflect a range of available options and configurations…

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By: Aircraft Value News
May 29, 2006
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Polar Air Freezes Out Older B747 Freighters
The parking of five B747 freighters at a time when the cargo market is clamoring for additional capacity provides an illustration of how inefficient the early B747 freighters have become, suggesting that values should continue to experience a decline. Polar Air, part of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (AAWH), is scheduled…

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By: Aircraft Value News
May 1, 2006
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Current Demand Outweighs Longer Term Woes
A number of aircraft face weakness down the road but there is so much demand for widebody capacity that such weaknesses are being temporarily ignored. While not all carriers are able to contemplate adding capacity - British Airways [BAB] has played down suggestions that it may convert available slots to…

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By: Aircraft Value News
April 17, 2006
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Lease Rates of Older Widebodies Fail to Rise
With the aircraft market so buoyant, examples of older widebodies no longer in production should be reaping the rewards. However, with the high price of fuel, the relative inefficiency of older units is failing to attract users and lease rates are stagnating at best. Those units that are approaching the…

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By: Aircraft Value News
April 3, 2006
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B737NG/A320 Residuals Now Need to Anticipate Replacement
Development of New B737 Moves Out of the Shadows Residual value projections for the Boeing [BA] B737NG and the Airbus A320 family should already have taken into account the impending introduction of replacement models. But with Boeing's apparent appointment of personnel to the so-called B737RS (B737 Replacement Study), there is…

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By: Aircraft Value News
March 20, 2006
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B747-300 Values Reach Virtual Scrap Levels
Despite approximating 20 years of age, values of the Boeing B747-300 are at virtual scrap levels, sometimes bolstered by demand for wet leases. The problems experienced by many international carriers since the late 1990s have left the -300 isolated and vulnerable. In the late 1980s, the prospects for all widebodies…

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By: Aircraft Value News
March 20, 2006
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MD11 Pricing Enjoys Reversal of Fortunes
Passenger Pricing Jumps Due to Freighter Demand As demand for freighter capacity continues to grow, it is helping to alleviate the negative effects associated with acquiring passenger-configured McDonnell Douglas MD11s, and the values and prices of this aircraft are being forced upward. Values and prices of passenger-configured MD11s previously had…

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By: Aircraft Value News
March 6, 2006
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Rentals Rise Despite Higher Fuel Prices
The lease rentals of in production widebody aircraft have generally risen over the last quarter due to sustained demand for capacity and the extending order backlog. The recent renegotiations undertaken by Delta Air Lines [DALRQ.PK]and Northwest Airlines [NWACQ.PK] point to a sustained improvement in lease rentals even for the largest…

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By: Aircraft Value News
March 6, 2006
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