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Aircraft Archive: McDonnell Douglas
Delta Acquisition of More B757s Belies Value Weakness
The purchase of five more B757s by Delta appears to suggest that the type has gained a new lease of life and that the business case for a replacement is proven. While the operator base of the B757 remains extensive and Delta is acquiring more aircraft, the values of the…

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By: Aircraft Value News
December 14, 2015
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Newer Turboprop Rentals Remain Stable
The newer aircraft types such as the Dash8-300, -400, ATR42-500, ATR72-500/-600 are the more easily placed. Other types of turboprops are leased but a finance lease or traditional finance agreement are used more extensively. While deliveries are not on the scale of the jet sector, there continues to be a…

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By: Aircraft Value News
December 14, 2015
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50 Seat Market Continues Battle to Remain Viable
The 50 seat regional jet, largely an artificial market created by the restrictive scope clauses, continues to vie for a space in the used market despite the march towards larger and much more efficient aircraft. The 50 seaters, designed in the late 1980s and early 1990s, still have relevance in…

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By: Aircraft Value News
November 30, 2015
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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…

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By: Aircraft Value News
November 30, 2015
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Low Inflation Helps to Contain Values & Rentals
Lower Net Pricing Impacting Used Aircraft The current backlog and absence of delivery slots for new aircraft is of sufficient historical magnitude as to seemingly warrant a sustained surge in values but this has failed to occur partly because of the effect of low inflation. The effect of inflation not…

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By: Aircraft Value News
November 30, 2015
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Utilization Rates Impacting Residual Value Calculations
The rise of the low cost model has inevitably had an impact on nearly all airlines in terms of maximizing the utilization of aircraft but this has significant implications for residual values, potentially shortening the life of aircraft and accelerating annual depreciation. Traditionally the average utilization assumed for a narrowbody…

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By: Aircraft Value News
November 30, 2015
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Aircraft Asset Assessment A350-900
  Market Presence. As of the end of October 2015 a total of 787 orders had been placed for the A350. The orderbook has undergone a notable increase since 2013 when some 600 had been ordered. The customer base is extensive at 43 including seven lessors and private operators. The…

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By: Aircraft Value News
November 30, 2015
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Values Strong Despite Slow Delivery Rate
While Airbus at last seems intent on increasing production to an eventual ten per month, the very limited number of deliveries to date has not gone unnoticed. As of the end of October 2015 only ten had been delivered over the course of nearly twelve months. In the first year…

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By: Aircraft Value News
November 30, 2015
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