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Aircraft Archive: McDonnell Douglas
Mid Life Aircraft Rentals Edge Down
While there continues to be exceptional demand for narrowbodies the mid life aircraft (MLA) are available in greater numbers which is perhaps seeing a slight drop in rentals, albeit compounded by the prospect of lower interest rates for longer than previously expected. www.aircraftvalues.net or www.aircraftvalues.com. Rates are quoted in thousands…

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By: Aircraft Value News
February 9, 2015
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Turboprop Values Remain Stable Despite Fall in Price of Fuel
The values of turboprops continue to remain stable despite the fall in the price of oil with even a large order for the 50 seat ATR42-600 being suggested. The year 2014 proved to be another boom year for ATR. ATR saw orders for 160 aircraft compared to 83 deliveries. In…

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By: Aircraft Value News
February 9, 2015
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Lease Rates Seek To Avoid Airline Fragility
The problems being experienced by the Russian airlines coupled with the vulnerability of some other airlines has the potential to lead the less experienced lessors to place aircraft at lower rates as a means of simply securing placement. The growth in the leasing of aircraft has been mostly fuelled in…

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By: Aircraft Value News
February 9, 2015
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Airbus List Prices for 2015 Rise by 3.3%
Airbus list prices for 2015 show a rise of nearly 3.3 percent across all aircraft types but the difficulty will be in translating this rise into net base pricing for new orders and in achieving an increase in profitability. The rise in list prices quoted by Airbus are largely an…

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By: Aircraft Value News
January 26, 2015
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B737-800 Values Attract Premium Over A320
The B737-800 may have been in service for some 17 years but on a comparable year basis values of the -800 are still showing a premium over a similar aged A320. The B737-800 has managed to retain the crown for so many years and still achieves top billing but as…

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By: Aircraft Value News
January 26, 2015
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B747-8F Values Continue to Decline As Fuel Prices Tumble
Even the potential order for three more B747-8Fs from Silk Way Airlines cannot disguise the difficulties facing the B747-8. Production rates of the B747-8 have fallen to virtually uneconomic levels. In 2014 only 19 were delivered, representing less than two per month. Suppliers of components for the B747-8 cannot be…

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By: Aircraft Value News
January 26, 2015
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B757 Values Face Tough Times as Allegiant Halves Book Value
The values of the B757 have been deteriorating in recent years as the type has lost its relevance in a changing market structure and as maintenance issues have taken their toll. Allegiant Air announced in late December 2014 that it was taking a $43.2 million noncash impairment charge on its…

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By: Aircraft Value News
January 26, 2015
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Price of Stage 2 Aircraft Irrelevant
Placing a value on an asset suggests that it has some appeal beyond that of an existing operator or owner but unfortunately in the case of Chapter 2 aircraft interest is so limited as to make most types unsuitable for asset based financing. The Aircraft Rating (Value Rating courtesy of…

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By: Aircraft Value News
January 26, 2015
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