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Aircraft Archive: McDonnell Douglas
Honeywell Business Jet Forecast Continues to Show Weakness in New Deliveries
The annual Honeywell forecast for the business jet market continues to show relative weakness in the market for the next ten years but this will aid the used market and therefore prices. While a failure to see an improvement in delivery rates may seem to suggest overall weakness, some of…

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October 16, 2017
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CSeries Tariff Sets Scene for Future Sino-Russian Offerings
The some 300 percent tariff being imposed on the CSeries represents a major blow for Bombardier, if confirmed, but by pursuing such a policy Boeing is more likely seeking to set a precedent to protect its domestic market from offerings China and Russia in future years. The 220 plus 80…

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October 16, 2017
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Improving Freighter Market Aids Values
The airfreight market in 2017 has enjoyed growth not seen for a number of years and this has allowed values to enjoy a measure of After nearly a decade of suffering from weak results that lead to speculation that there was no future for airfreight, the recent improvement in traffic…

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October 2, 2017
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Market for B737-800s Remains Tight Aiding Values
Even though the B737-8 has entered service, the demand for the outgoing B737-800 remains sufficiently strong to ensure competition for any used aircraft that enters the market. IATA may have reported slower traffic growth for July compared to June rising by 6.2 percent but this is still significantly above the…

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October 2, 2017
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Some Widebody Rentals Remain Under Pressure
With still above trend traffic growth even in the international arena there may be an expectation that lease rentals would remain stable but for the larger widebodies in particular, the relative strength of lease rentals is not dependent on traffic growth alone. Major influences impacting widebody lease include the arrival…

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October 2, 2017
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Aircraft Asset Assessment - The A321neo
Market Presence. With 44 customers for the A321neo but only six deliveries as of the end of August 2017, the current deployment is less than originally envisaged but is an improving picture. In the first eight months of 2017 a total of 185 A320ceo/neos were delivered compared to 123 A321ceo/neos…

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October 2, 2017
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Turboprop Values Steady but Embraer Ambitions Could Impact Residuals
The market for turboprops remains stable with aircraft being leased with relative ease and at higher lease rate factors than enjoyed by the most popular of jets. Nordic Aviation Capital – one of the major lessors if not the largest turboprop lessor of modern turboprops – has placed a number…

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October 2, 2017
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A321neo – A Winning Formula
The values of those some ten A321neos already in service are remaining stable and even with the problems associated with the PW1100 engine, there is not expected to be much change in the near term with the type expected to be a clear winner for both investor and operator. The…

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October 2, 2017
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