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Used Values Avoid Problems of 1980s When Fuel Prices Also Collapsed

The values of used aircraft should be enjoying the most significant exponential increase in nearly 30 years but all the indications are that values will at best remain stable with further modest falls the most likely scenario. With list prices failing to increase in 2016 this suggests that escalation being…

By: Aircraft Value News

January 25, 2016

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Freighter Values Still Face Uncertainty

The demand for the larger freighters, particularly those no longer in production, remains sporadic. The values of such aircraft are therefore inevitably weak with further declines to be expected. Chinese industrial growth remains in single digits with little improvement expected in the near term and Japan has slipped back into…

By: Aircraft Value News

November 30, 2015

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Aircraft Asset Assessment: B747-200B

Market Presence. When comparing the B747-200B and A380, the chasm in terms of technology becomes all too evident. The three person flight deck; clockwork instrumentation; 1950s vintage structure (the B747 fuselage is a derivative of the B707); comparatively basic interior (though carriers Virgin spent millions on presenting the most modern…

By: Aircraft Value News

September 25, 2015

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Values of Larger Used Widebodies Continue to Decline

Values of the larger used widebodies are continuing to fall despite record backlogs, high load factors and lower fuel prices and this rate of decline is expected to accelerate in the coming years as the preference for newer, more versatile and economic aircraft increases. Demand patterns for larger widebodies have…

By: Paul Leighton

September 21, 2015

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Lease Rentals of Early A320s Remain in Doldrums

While the demand for new A320s continues to rise, the lack of enthusiasm for the older A320s which are now more than 25 years of age means that lease rentals are virtually at whatever the lessee wishes to pay. The rates for the early build A320s – those delivered before…

By: Paul Leighton

July 13, 2015

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A380 Values Being Tested

With the Malaysia Airlines A380 and Skymark aircraft likely to be remarketed then the market for the type is being tested sooner than expected. The A380 is still suffering from a dearth of orders from airlines and this is a concern. Values are already deteriorating though this has been anticipated…

By: Paul Leighton

June 15, 2015

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Lease Rentals Start to Strengthen

The airfreight market has shown some consistent improvement over the course of the last few months and this, combined with lower fuel prices, is allowing some measure of stability for lease rentals. IATA reports that the freight traffic for November 2014 increased by 4.2 percent compared to a year ago.…

By: Aircraft Value News

January 26, 2015

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B747-8F Values Fail to Make Headway

The market for the -8F continues to be fragile with new examples acting to displace existing -400SF/Fs. Boeing launched the B747-8F on November 14, 2005, with firm orders for 18 B747-8 Freighters; 10 from Cargolux of Luxembourg and eight from Nippon Cargo Airlines — NCA — of Japan. Boeing had…

By: Aircraft Value News

November 3, 2014

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