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Aircraft Archive: McDonnell Douglas
Values of New Widebodies See Slight Rise
The market for narrowbodies continues to see an improvement as more flights are restored and countries reopen at least in part but for passenger widebodies, tight restrictions remain mostly in place with Asia still particularly impacted by the slow rollout of the vaccination program and desire to contain infections. The…

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By: Aircraft Value News
May 24, 2021
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Newer Narrowbody Rates Start Recovery in Earnest
The lease rentals for narrowbodies have inevitably been severely affected by the Covid Event and lessors have reported reduced income levels but as the market begins to recover from the depths of a year ago rates are increasing again, at least for the newer aircraft types. The lessors have had…

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By: Aircraft Value News
May 24, 2021
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A340-300 Values Stuttered in Face of B777-200ER
Despite having entered service only a few years before the B777-200ER, as soon as the new Boeing twin engined aircraft arrived, the fate of the A340-300 was effectively sealed. The B9 and B11 concepts of the 1970’s however saw the former with a larger fuselage than the A300 still powered…

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By: Aircraft Value News
May 24, 2021
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Aircraft Asset Assessment - A340-300
Market Presence. The flawed original decision by Airbus to differentiate between four and two engines with respect to sector lengths finally unraveled with the launch of the A350 series after the launch of the B787 was met by an enthusiastic response. The size of the A340-300 was initially suited to…

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By: Aircraft Value News
May 24, 2021
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Rolls-Royce Engine Hour Improvement Points to Gradual Widebody Recovery
The widebody segment of the market continues to see a modest increase in demand that is allowing values of at least some widebodies to rise from the depths experienced a year ago. Rolls-Royce indicated that the number of hours for engines powering the widebodies were some 40 percent of 2019…

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By: Aircraft Value News
May 24, 2021
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A330-300 Values Fail to Stage Early Recovery
Even before the Covid Event, values of the A330-300 were under severe pressure due to a number of adverse factors and over the last twelve months values have at best held steady rather than stage any real recovery. The A330-300 market in 2019 was weakening and values had already fallen.…

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By: Aircraft Value News
May 10, 2021
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Rentals Buffeted by Turbulent Recovery
There continues to be a misperception that the turboprop market has remained immune to the wider problems caused by the Covid Event because domestic markets may have avoided total shutdown. Yet, this is not necessarily the case. Some domestic markets have been severely affected because of a government ban on…

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By: Aircraft Value News
May 10, 2021
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Heavy Jets Enjoy Some Improvement
The number of business jet flights quickly recovered from the lows recorded a year ago and inevitably there was some deterioration in the values of the larger business jets at that time. However, the market has recovered to a large extent and this has allowed values of some larger business…

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By: Aircraft Value News
May 10, 2021
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