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Aircraft Archive: McDonnell Douglas
Aircraft Asset Assessment: B787-8
Market Presence. The residual values of the B787-8 have previously exhibited above average strength due in part to the corrosion avoiding composite airframe, long term fuel efficiency, and long range performance. The B787 may offer operators new benefits but perhaps residual values also need to consider the range performance, lower…

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May 19, 2014
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Market Values of New Aircraft Exhibit Modest Rise for 2014
Values of new aircraft delivered in 2014 are in general managing to attract an increase over the value of aircraft when delivered new in 2013, if only just. The overall rise in values in new aircraft is only sufficient to negate the effects of annual escalation on aircraft already ordered.…

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May 19, 2014
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Values of Marginalized Programs Continue to Tumble
While the values attributed to most newer aircraft are enjoying a modest rise for 2014, those for marginalized programs face challenging times, continuing to fall at a faster than average rate of five percent per annum. The two major manufacturers, Airbus and Boeing, have not always produced the most commercially…

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May 19, 2014
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Rates for Older In Production Narrowbodies Fall
The lease rentals for the older examples of in-production narrowbodies continues to fall as availability increases and as the preference for newer types mounts. www.aircraftvalues.net or www.aircraftvalues.com. Rates are quoted in thousands of US dollars per month and exclude maintenance reserves. They assume a medium credit, average return conditions and…

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May 19, 2014
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B787-8 Begins to Realize its Potential
Deliveries are hitting the planned 10.5 per month and operators are enjoying higher reliability levels. The grounding is no more than a distant memory and new routes are being opened up. Values of those now being delivered are therefore holding firm though those produced at the start of the program…

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May 19, 2014
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B787-9 Values Exhibit Modest Rise as First Delivery In July Nears
Values of the B787-9 have the potential to rise even further should delivery be effected as planned in July and in event service entry is not affected by the myriad of teething problems as with the -8. The flight testing of the B787-9 continues on schedule with four aircraft being…

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May 19, 2014
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Values of A350-800 Face Problems as Orders Contract
The values – and indeed the future – of the A350-800 is uncertain as the orders contract to uneconomic levels. In March 2012 there were 118 orders for the A350-800 and 368 orders for the -900. Two years later and there were 34 orders for the -800 and 589 orders…

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May 5, 2014
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Lessors Need to Maximize Aircraft Capacity Potential for Long Term
The move to larger aircraft continues - as evidenced by the increase in popularity of the A321 - but there also exists a more subtle shift in capacity of existing equipment as operators introduce more seats and manufacturers raise capacity limits. Seeking to identify the increase in aircraft capacity can…

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May 5, 2014
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