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Aircraft Archive: Bombardier
Aircraft Asset Assessment: MD83
Market Presence. The MD83 experienced its heyday in the late 1980s and early 1990s. While values started to stumble more than ten years ago, availability only became a major issue in recent years. Even before production ceased in 1999, the MD83 was already facing severe pressure from the A320 and…

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July 29, 2013
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Milestone Delivery of 1,000th A330 Points to Still Strong Values
The 1,000th A330 has been delivered to Cathay Pacific representing a major milestone for the program and further underlining the stability in values. Even 10 years ago, the delivery of 1,000 A330 aircraft with another 250 on backlog would have been considered to be optimistic in view of the then…

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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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A350 Values Start to Become Reality With First Flight
The values of the A350-900 are starting to become reality as not only the first flight but also a fly past over the Paris Air Show takes place. The time taken to bring the A350 to this point may seem longer than average but the aircraft is now starting its…

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July 1, 2013
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B737-700 Values Continue to Decline
While a decade ago the -700 was very much in demand, this is not the case today and with a lack luster orderbook and an adverse age profile values and lease rentals are tumbling. The values of the -700 have experienced a significant fall as the market moves to newer…

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July 1, 2013
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Rentals of Some Older Widebodies Ease
The widebody sector has enjoyed considerable success over the last few years despite the global economic weakness but the increased rate of deliveries is such that earlier aircraft are being displaced with consequences for lease rentals. Just as the lease rentals of older narrowbodies – those that are perhaps approximately…

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July 1, 2013
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ATR72-600 Lease Rates Continue To Remain Strong As NAC Orders 35
The market for the ATR72-600 remains strong so much so that two lessors placed orders at the Paris Air Show providing further indications that values remain stable. Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) placed orders for 30 ATR72-600s and five ATR42-500s while also placing options for a further 55 aircraft. This latest…

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July 1, 2013
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Substantial Launch Orders Point to Strong Demand But Will the MTOW Increase?
The B777-10 has been finally launched at the sometimes soggy 2013Paris Air Show on the basis of substantial orders from a range of customers but despite a “simple stretch” service entry is not slated until 2018, some five years away and representing a longer timeframe than for most all new…

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July 1, 2013
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