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Aircraft Archive: Bombardier
B777-200ER Values Fall into Abyss
The values of the B777-200ER, already under severe pressure prior to the Covid Event, have effectively been halved with no prospect of an improvement with the likelihood that further significant declines will be experienced. The values of the B777-200ER were at their peak some 15 years ago just before the…

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September 13, 2021
AVN
Rentals Start to Show Premium Once More
The leasing of regional jets – notably outside of the U.S. – has traditionally elicited a premium when compared to mainline jets. The regional jet market has a lesser number of lessors, reducing the degree of competition. With fewer lessors, the lessees are faced with higher rentals. The vanilla operating…

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September 13, 2021
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Freighter Values Remain Resilient
The airfreight market continues to hold much promise not least because of the still limited return of international passenger flights with China, Australia and New Zealand for example all seeing a virtual shutdown in international passenger flights until 2022. When compared to July 2019, airfreight traffic is actually more than…

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September 13, 2021
AVN
Desperate Times for A380 Values
Although there may be an attempt to view the latest announcements by some A380 operators of their intent to return at least some of their aircraft to service and as Emirates indicates that it will advance the delivery of its last three aircraft, the collapse in values precipitated, initially by…

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September 13, 2021
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Improvement in Narrowbody Lease Rentals Focus on Newer Types
Legacy of Covid Event is Expansion of Operator Base Once Again The market is recovering as vaccinations increasingly become the requirement for travellers even as some international markets such as Australia, New Zealand, Japan and many others restrict or ban non-essential international travel. A myriad of new start ups have…

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August 30, 2021
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Heavy Business Jet Pricing Sees Some Decline
The market for the large business jets has seen some volatility since the start of the Covid Event but reductions in some types is evident. The average asking price of heavy jets has increased slightly in recent months (source AMSTAT). Asking prices are inevitably dependent on the aircraft type with…

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August 30, 2021
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Turboprop Values Start Recovery Phase
The values of even the newest turboprops – not that there are that many that are in production – fell significantly because of the Covid Event but as the market has shown at least some signs of recovery so too have the values of the youngest aircraft begun to rise,…

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August 30, 2021
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More B747-8s Destined to be used for VVIPs
The market for airliner sized business and VIP jets is expected to increase given the need for dedicated transports that offer services that commercial passenger aircraft cannot provide. Earlier in 2021 Korean Air ferried a B747-8 to Hamburg Helmut Schmidt airport for conversion into a VIP transport. Despite being less…

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August 16, 2021
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