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Aircraft Archive: Boeing B777-200LR
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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October 2, 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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B777-300ER Becomes the Star Widebody
The -300ER has been in service for only two years but has established itself as the most desirable of widebodies, aided of course by the high price of fuel. The twin-engine design coincided with the development of much more reliable engine technology. Without reliable engines, a long-range twin engined was…

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July 24, 2006
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Airbus List Price Hike Matches Boeing
Net Pricing Fails to Register Material Rise The average rise of 4.5 percent in Airbus list prices may match that of Boeing, but keep in mind, this above-inflation increase ensures divergence between values and list prices. The escalating cost of energy, the price of aerospace-related raw material and the rise…

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June 26, 2006
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Rentals Continue to Edge Upwards
Despite the financial negatives that surround many international carriers, lease rentals of widebodies in production are managing to register a further, albeit modest, improvement. As the peak summer season gets underway, the absence of more modern widebody equipment is even more acute. The summer season sees operators jostling for additional…

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June 12, 2006
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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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May 29, 2006
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Kingfisher A340-500 Order Fails to Prevent Further Weakening of Values
The order for five Airbus A340-500s plus five options from ambitious Indian carrier, Kingfisher Airlines, has failed to prevent the aircraft values from experiencing a marked decline over the course of the last six months. The high price of fuel has played an important role in seemingly devaluing both the…

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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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April 17, 2006
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