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Turboprop Rentals Stabilize
The lease rentals of turboprops have enjoyed a period of stability over the last quarter after having experienced some downward pressures due to the wider economic crisis. The placement of new orders for turboprops remains encouraging but this does not signify that there is a shortage of used aircraft. In…

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By: Aircraft Value News
December 7, 2009
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CRJ Cutbacks Make for Difficult Times
The cutbacks recently announced by Bombardier with respect to CRJ production highlights the problem of the regional jet market. The regional jet market has traditionally been a more hand to mouth sector whereby not much time elapses between order placement and deliveries. With a notable shortage of orders in recent…

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By: Aircraft Value News
December 7, 2009
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Values of B767-300 Continue to Dive
The appetite for the -300 has always been overshadowed by the demand for the -300ER and during the latest recession, values have declined further. The problems facing the B767-300 program are indicated by the order status. Only seven units were ordered during the course of the 1990s with the last…

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By: Aircraft Value News
December 7, 2009
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Lessors Sustain “20” Percent Margin
Lessors Shrug Off 30 Percent Decline in Rentals The current crisis in aviation continues but lessors to date have managed to largely sidestep the two worst effects of a downturn that impact lessors – repossession and renegotiation of rates – thereby maintaining their highly enviable twenty percent margins. The leasing…

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By: Aircraft Value News
November 23, 2009
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Half to Full Life Maintenance Adjustment Continues to Confuse Values
Values of aircraft are increasingly being adjusted to reflect a maintenance status other than the traditional half life. The market has become dominated by leases and finance agreements that require lessees and borrowers to return aircraft in full life condition – except of course that the aircraft cannot be practically…

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By: Aircraft Value News
November 23, 2009
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Newer Aircraft Favored As Airfreight Provides First Indication Of Recovery
Airfreight is usually the first segment of the industry to indicate a recovery – and a recession – and this cycle is no different with fragile but discernible improvements in traffic levels such that demand for capacity will start to emerge once more in the first half of 2010, prompting…

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By: Aircraft Value News
November 23, 2009
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Rates Reach Trough
With lease rentals having already fallen so far, there is little opportunity to fall further. The older widebodies may be among the least desirable of types but lessors cannot keep on lowering rentals to stimulate demand. Instead, sometimes there has to be acknowledgement that aircraft have to be simply parked.…

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By: Aircraft Value News
November 23, 2009
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Low Point for Narrowbody Values Approaching
The values of the more modern narrowbodies have experienced a virtually unprecedented decline over the course of the last two years. Having experienced such a fall, there are likely to be lesser declines in the near future. However, an improvement is not expected until 2011. With the peak in values…

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By: Aircraft Value News
November 23, 2009
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