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Aircraft Archive: Bombardier
New Freighter Orders Remain Elusive
The significant rebound in airfreight traffic, not least due to the massive increase in Chinese exports, has provided the basis for a return to service of many previously idle freighters. The demand for new freighters remains limited as evidenced by the lack of new orders. Some of the new freighters…

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July 19, 2010
AVN
Chapter 2 Values Slide into Oblivion
The Chapter 2 types have been increasingly forced from center stage for nearly a decade such that the majority of those aircraft that are listed as being in storage are of a Chapter 2 origin. The values of such aircraft have been at scrap levels for some time and have…

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July 19, 2010
AVN
Fokker 100 Values Succumb to Inevitable Decline
While the level of availability of the Fokker 100 may have eased slightly over the last few months there are nearly 50 listed as being in storage suggesting that permanent retirement of some example is likely. With an average of more than 17 years, the Fokker 100 may be viewed…

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July 19, 2010
AVN
Aircraft Asset Assessment: F100
Market Presence. The total of 278 deliveries for the Fokker 100 represented something of a success for a European manufacturer though the number pales against the deliveries made by U.S. manufacturers and more recently Embraer and Bombardier. The orders secured from American, and the then USAirways, were considered important successes…

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July 19, 2010
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Values of Older Aircraft Types Continue to Suffer
The market may be showing sustained improvement in terms of traffic and orders but types no longer in production are failing to enjoy any recovery, albeit in line with expectations. Orders for the first six months of 2010 showed a significant improvement over the same period in 2009. A total…

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July 19, 2010
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Aircraft Asset Assessment: A318
Market Presence. As a member of the A320 family, technology is not an issue for the A318. Technical obsolescence will not feature for some years or at least until the A320 family is upgraded or replaced. The interior of the A318, providing a wider diameter than the competition, is already…

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July 5, 2010
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Used Simulator Values Face Contradictory Pressures
At a price of some $15 million a new simulator represents a sizeable investment for airlines and dedicated facilities such that orders for new simulators have been few in number in recent years. At a time when record deliveries of aircraft are being made, the number of new simulator deliveries…

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July 5, 2010
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Values of B757 Continue to Suffer
Conversions Obscure Waning Popularity Values of the B757 are declining as the market for the type continues to be concentrated in the U.S. ad availability increases. Until the last two years values of the B757 were performing well, largely shrugging off the negatives associated with cessation of production and a…

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July 5, 2010
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