FOR CURRENT &
FUTURE AIRCRAFT VALUES
Subscribe Now
Aircraft Archive: Bombardier
Delay to B747-8F Would Benefit B747-400F Rentals
With the debacle over the service entry date of the B787, concerns are now being voiced over whether Boeing will be able to effect service entry of the B747-8F on schedule. The service entry of the B747-8F is due in late 2009, still two years away. Boeing indicated that, despite…

Read more

November 12, 2007
AVN
Out of Production Widebody Values: Values Remain Fragile
With the price of fuel continuing to rocket to new highs, the appetite for the gas-guzzling leviathans of old continues to weaken. The combination of three-person flight decks, rising maintenance costs, lesser reliability and fuel consumption are all conspiring to ensure the demise of older widebodies. Remarketing increasingly has to…

Read more

November 12, 2007
AVN
Chapter 2 Narrowbody Current Values: No Hiding Place for Chapter 2 Pricing
With the consideration of Chapter 5 and Chapter 6, the lack of attraction of Chapter 2 aircraft is all the more apparent. However, the dismissal of the Chapter 2 fleet per se is too easy. The more astute traders can still make money buying and selling the aircraft. There remain…

Read more

November 12, 2007
AVN
Aircraft Value Review - B747-400: B747-400 Values Achieve Stability After Recent Surge
The last 18 months has seen a significant improvement in values and pricing of the B747-400 as a consequence of the delay in the service entry of the A380 as well as the demand for freighter feedstock. The development of the B747-8 however, finally draws a line under the production…

Read more

November 12, 2007
AVN
Aircraft Asset Assessment
The B747-400 Market Presence. The B747-400 still represents the core of many major carriers fleets around the world. Performance, economy and capacity have, until recently, been unmatched and had become the baseline by which all other types are judged. In designing the A380, Airbus had to reduce operating costs by…

Read more

November 12, 2007
AVN
ILFC A350 Order Offers Potential for Strong Residuals
ILFC appears to have finally designed the aircraft it always wanted and committed to an order for 20 A350s suggesting that the revised aircraft will possess the attributes for residual value strength. Though the final configuration and design of the A350 has yet to be determined, enough of the basics…

Read more

November 12, 2007
AVN
B777-200LRF Residuals Continue to Improve
The placement of an order for three additional B777-200LRF by Guggenheim Aviation Partners, previously unidentified by Boeing, nonetheless underlines the popularity of the type and the potential for the strongest of residual values. A total of 82 orders have been placed for the B777-200LRF by 10 customers. The three latest…

Read more

October 29, 2007
AVN
B787 Delays Places Further Upward Pressure on B767 Rentals
Values of First 40 B787 Placed "On Watch" The six-month delay to the service entry of the B787 will place further upward pressure on the lease rentals, and indeed values, of the B767-300ER. The final assembly of the first B787 has been delayed by five months and flight testing by…

Read more

October 29, 2007
AVN