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Aircraft Archive: Dornier 328JET
Values Continue to Fall
The lower price of fuel is no match for the decline in traffic in the key North American region. Mexico, at least until recently, was seeking to take advantage of the mounting surplus of regional jets such has been the fall in value over the last eighteen months. The values…

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May 25, 2009
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No Respite for Rentals
The lower price of fuel may have improved the cost side of the equation, the problem now lies with being able to fill the aircraft with reasonably high yielding passengers. The deterioration in lease rentals may be focused on the 50 seaters but the larger regional jets are also suffering…

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April 27, 2009
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ERJ145 Values Face Challenging Times
The ERJ145 has faced considerable challenges over the course of the last eighteen months and unfortunately the market conditions continue to be adverse such that values have continued to fall despite the decline in the price of fuel. The hike in the price of fuel caused significant problems for the…

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March 2, 2009
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Lower Fuel Prices May Not Prevent Falls
The much lower price of price of fuel has played a significant role in allowing operators to contemplate retention. The values of the 50 seaters had suffered while those for larger examples remained stable not least because of the concentration in the U.S. and the price of fuel. Whereas the…

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February 16, 2009
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50-Seat Lease Rentals Continue to Weaken
While the price of fuel has allowed operators to retain the type for longer than might have been the case, the 50 seat corporate jet lease rentals remain under considerable pressure. The move to larger equipment should come as little surprise to the market. A number of operators have been…

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January 19, 2009
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Assumptions
The listing of current and future values are based on the year of build. The essential assumption is that the aircraft are being sold as a single unit and between a willing seller and willing buyer for cash. The high and low figures for October 31st 2008 current values represent…

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January 5, 2009
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Economic Problems Compound Inefficiency
The smaller regional jets face a double whammy. Relative operating inefficiency, as a consequence of higher fuel pricing, is being exacerbated by increasingly weak economic conditions making even short haul travel less attractive. The values of the 50 seaters have suffered while those for larger examples have remained stable. Should…

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October 13, 2008
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50-Seat Lease Rentals Face Uncertainty
Even the fall in the price of fuel cannot disguise the fragility of the 50 seat market and preference for larger aircraft. In the last recession, the major operators in the U.S. sought replace mainline fleets with 50 seaters as a means of quickly reducing capacity and costs. Post 2001,…

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September 1, 2008
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