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Aircraft Archive: Boeing B777-300ER
Rates Continue to Face Tough Market
The older and less efficient widebodies continue to face difficult market conditions. Even though the price of fuel may have fallen from earlier highs and a shortage of new widebodies exists, the combination of lesser efficiency, rising maintenance costs, unreliability and increasing delivery rates are serving to displace older aircraft.…

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September 15, 2008
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Aircraft Asset Assessment
A340-300 Market Presence. The A340-300 has previously provided operators with considerable operating flexibility. The four-engine configuration, combined with long haul capability, opened up a number of routes unable to support either the larger B777-300ER or the ETOPs constrained twin engined B777-200ER. The –300 has CFM56-5 engines while the new A340-500…

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September 15, 2008
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B747-400 Residuals Face Increased Pressure
B777-300ER Increasingly Favored As Replacement Rather Growth Capacity The medium to long term residual values of the ubiquitous B747-400 are facing increased pressure as a result of the worldwide slowdown in traffic and the increased emphasis on using the most fuel efficient of equipment, notably the B777-300ER. The short term…

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August 18, 2008
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Widebody Values Weaken Slightly
The widebody segment of the market may have previously been seen as the bright spot for the industry but even this area cannot disguise the considerable problems of the airline industry. The financial community is mindful of the vulnerability of the industry to not only oil price spikes but also…

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August 4, 2008
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Semi-Annual Jet Aircraft Value Listing
Only Values of a Few Widebodies Avoid Decline Over just six months values have again felt the chill wind of a downturn as fuel prices soar to record levels. The aircraft most vulnerable to a fall are essentially those no longer in production. Operators are having to reduce services to…

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July 7, 2008
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Four Engined Residuals Under Pressure
Increased Risk Associated with Financing The perceived risk associated with financing new and nearly new four-engined aircraft, such as the A340-600, is increasing with each dollar rise in the price of fuel, thereby undermining residual value expectations and raising concerns over the lack of remarketing opportunities. The rising cost of…

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June 23, 2008
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Widebody Rentals Remain Stable
While the older narrowbodies may be facing more uncertainty the widebody segment continues to experience sufficiently strong demand as to allow lease rentals to remain essentially unmoved. The U.S. airlines, while seeking to reduce domestic capacity, still have a desire to expand international operations. For the rest of the world,…

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June 23, 2008
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B777-300ER Remains Widebody of Choice
The -300ER has been in service for only four years but has established itself as the most desirable of widebodies, aided of course by the high price of fuel.   B777-300ER Vital Statistics LAUNCH 03/2000 FIRST FLIGHT Feb-03 SERVICE ENTRY Apr-04 ORDERS (04/08) 368 DELIVERIES 141 BACKLOG 227 CUSTOMERS 25…

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June 9, 2008
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