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Aircraft Archive: Embraer 120
Widebody Values Edge Downwards
Despite signs that the market is improving such is the fragility of the economic recovery and the uncertainty that values in some cases have edged downwards rather than up. The problems surrounding Japan Airlines has resulted in a 20 percent fall in values over the last few months. This is…

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May 10, 2010
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Sustained Rise in Storage Levels Fail to Undermine Values
Despite the continued rise in the number of aircraft listed as being in storage, such is the change in the relationship between values and storage levels that the latter now has only a limited impact on the behavior of values. At the peak of the market in late 2007, there…

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May 10, 2010
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Aircraft Ratings Focus on A319 & B737-700 As Backlogs Fall
The backlog for the 120 seat products of Airbus and Boeing are trailing behind those of the 150 seaters by a considerable margin such that there needs to be increased emphasis on future trends and expected residual values. The focus on the larger aircraft is evident when the backlog is…

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April 12, 2010
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Values of Narrowbodies in Production Edge Down
With values of the narrowbodies in production having fallen by more than 20 percent since the start of the recession, there is at last some light at the end of the tunnel. However, this is not to say that the end has been experienced but rather that the rate of…

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March 29, 2010
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Turboprop Values Experience only Modest Decline
Values of turboprops have been exposed to lesser value volatility than the jet sector but the decline over the last year is still evident, more particularly for the older variants. The development of the Dash8Q-400NG and the ATR72-600 has not represented major changes to existing models but they have prevented…

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March 15, 2010
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B737-400 Values Continue to Suffer
While the disposal of B737-400s over the course of the last two years has seen acquisition by a range of new carriers, the difficulty in placing the type has been clearly highlighted. Over the period 2004-2007 rentals of the B737-400 had been improving but more recently have experienced significant declines.…

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March 1, 2010
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Widebody Values Now Have Potential to Rise
The market is likely to need time to recover but for some widebodies the worst may be over. While there is no indication of a rapid thaw, the prospect of further falls has receded – except for perhaps the B747-400 which may fall victim to JAL restructuring. Values are expected…

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February 1, 2010
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Last Delivery of B747-400 Highlighted by Depressed Values CRJ200 Values Face Renewed Pressure as Mesa Falters MD80 Acquisition Fails to Turn Type Into Asset Cargo Traffic For 2009 Experiences Major Fall But Improvement Evident Widebody Lease Rates Continu
Values of B747-400 & -400Fs Approach Low Point The delivery of the last B747-400 – a -400ERF – in late 2009 signals the end of an era as well as highlighting a considerable deterioration in the value of both the passenger and freighter versions over the course of the last…

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January 18, 2010
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