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Aircraft Archive: Fairchild Dornier 328JET
Newer Regional Jets See Value Improvement
The values of the newest regional jets are experiencing the greatest improvement. There remains sufficient activity in the used market as to provide some reassurance with respect to values. The larger regional jets have a greater part to play as the market recovers, partly at the expense of the 50…

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January 17, 2011
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ERJ145 Has Better Prospects Than CRJ200ER
The ERJ145 has faced considerable challenges over the course of the last three years and market conditions to be against the 50 seaters. The CRJ100ER and CRJ200ER continue to face considerable pressure and while the ERJ145 is also experiencing problems a clearly delineation between the two types has now formed.…

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January 17, 2011
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Lease Rentals of Larger RJs Improve
The lease rentals of the larger regional jets have improved not least because the competition among the lessors is less intense. The market for the smaller regional jets remains limited such that lease rentals have barely changed but with the demand for the larger RJs comes higher values. The appetite…

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November 22, 2010
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Third Measurement of Aircraft Life Emerges As Residuals Shorten
Asset Life Join Design and Economic Lives The issue of service lives has emerged as investors have come to recognize that aircraft will not remain in primary service for 30 years, leading to the conclusion that asset life should be considered alongside technical and economic lives. The concept of technical,…

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November 8, 2010
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Larger Regional Jets See Value Improvement
While the values of the 50 seat regional jets remain in the doldrums those of the larger variants are seeing a modest increase. The 70+ seaters may not be securing the quantity of orders desired by the manufacturers but there remains sufficient activity in the used market as to provide…

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September 27, 2010
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Lease Rentals Stable Due to Previous Declines
The lease rentals of the 50 seat regional jets have experienced a significant fall in recent years such that they have now reached a level from which further falls are unlikely. The problems of the 50 seat regional jets market stem to some extent from the creation of an artificial…

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August 16, 2010
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Regional Jet Value Remain Fragile
The values of the 50 seat regional jets continue to remain under pressure as operators seek to contract operations still further. Delivery rates of larger regional jets have suffered as operators continue to preserve cash and perhaps even acquire turboprops as a means of achieving better economies of scale. However,…

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July 5, 2010
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Values of Smaller Jets Continue to Suffer
The 50 seat regional jet market continues to suffer from excess and values are inevitably depressed. The difficulty for the 50 seaters is in foreseeing any recovery. While production has all but ended, the market for the type was largely created out of an artificial needs – the scope clauses.…

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May 24, 2010
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