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Aircraft Archive: Boeing B747-8F
Freighter Lease Rentals Fail To Advance
The parting out of a B747-400BCF only six years after being converted is a sad indictment of the state of the airfreight market. Serial number 27070 was built in 1994 and operated by Singapore Airlines until being acquired by Cathay Pacific in 2007 and converted to a freighter. The aircraft…

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October 21, 2013
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Values of Freighters Continue to Struggle Even As World Economy Grows
The values of freighters continue to find the market difficult even though airfreight volumes are showing slight improvements. IATA reports that for August 2013 airfreight traffic increased by some 01.8 percent compared to the previous and that for the first eight months of 2013, traffic increased by 0.7 percent. This…

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October 7, 2013
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Freighter Values Remain Vulnerable
The world economy remains fragile and this inevitably causes problems for demand in terms of new and used freighters as well as conversions. While there is evidence of improvement in some sectors and countries, the strength of the recovery is not sufficiently widespread nor of a magnitude as to see…

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August 26, 2013
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Lease Rentals Fail to Move
There are only minor indications that the airfreight market is showing signs of improvement with Silk Way Airlines of Azerbaijan ordering two B747-8Fs. The world economy continues to improve slightly though again the Eurozone crisis faces new pressures which are curtailing demand for imported goods. This absence of consistent growth…

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July 29, 2013
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Semi-Annual Jet Aircraft Value Listing
Seeking to sell a used unencumbered aircraft for cash, even one less than ten years of age, continues to require considerable pricing flexibility and the preference for newer aircraft continues.  Values of aircraft generally managed to regain some of their losses incurred during the Great Recession but sufficient weakness in…

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July 15, 2013
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Values of Freighters Start to Hold Steady
After a period of considerable weakness the more stable airfreight market is allowing freighter values to remain steady though the last quarter has still a fall for some types. The Aircraft Rating (Aircraft Value Analysis Rating www.aircraftvalues.net; www.aircraftvalues.com) reflects the considered suitability for asset based financing over a five to…

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June 3, 2013
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B787 Values Remain Under Scrutiny Despite Return to Service
  The return to service of the B787 marks a momentous day for Boeing and the events of the last few months should eventually fade allowing current and residual values to live up to the initial promise of the aircraft – unless the type continue to attract abnormal media attention…

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May 6, 2013
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Values of Freighters Remain in Doldrums
Though there are signs that the market is picking up the reported request by Cargolux to defer B747-8F orders suggests that the market is not expected to grow rapidly in the short term. The peak Christmas period has moved into the off peak first quarter. IATA data saw a net…

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February 25, 2013
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