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African Airlines Offer Prospects for Older Aircraft
The values of older used but relatively mainstream aircraft continue to experience problems due to the perception that operators in North America, Europe and Asia have a predilection for newer aircraft but African carriers are taking up some of the slack. In the 1980s it was always envisaged that the…

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By: Aircraft Value News
October 22, 2012
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Placing Values on “New” MD80 Freighters Proves Difficult
The first flight of the first MD80 has taken place but there remains some uncertainty as to how much the MD80SF is now worth. After more two decades of false starts, an MD80 passenger aircraft has been converted to a freighter by conversion specialist Aeronautical Engineers Inc (AEI). The late…

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By: Aircraft Value News
October 22, 2012
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Lack of B777-300 Availability Fails to Mask Value Weakness
Despite the lack of availability of B777-300s the values of the sixty aircraft delivered are facing sustained downward pressure as the market favors the -300ER and A330-300. The orders for the -300 number only 60 with the first being placed in September 1995 and the last in March 2004. Boeing…

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By: Aircraft Value News
October 8, 2012
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ISTAT Conference Debates Useful Life
The recent spate of part outs involving younger aircraft resulted in a high profile debate over the useful life of aircraft at the September 2012 ISTAT conference in Rome. The scrapping of A319s, A318s and B737-600s has attracted much attention in recent months. At the ISTAT conference there was a…

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By: Aircraft Value News
October 8, 2012
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Larger Regional Jets Remain Desirable
The larger regional jets still in production continue to be attractive with used market activity indicating widescale appeal. The values of the larger regional jets have been buoyed by the proven ability of third party companies to sell the aircraft on an arms length basis thereby dispelling the assumption that…

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By: Aircraft Value News
October 8, 2012
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Values of Chinese Built A320s Gain Parity with French/German Counterparts
With the 100th A320 delivery from Tianjin, China, a sufficient number have now been delivered as to allow values of such aircraft to achieve parity with those produced in France and Germany and in the future, the U.S. In the initial stages of Chinese assembly there was a concern that…

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By: Aircraft Value News
October 8, 2012
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Used A321 Values Remain Relatively Stable
The market for the A321 remains relatively stable even though values continue to fall in the context of weaker market conditions and in the run up to the service entry of not only the A321neo but A321ceos equipped with winglets. The market for the A321 is obscured by the popularity…

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By: Aircraft Value News
October 8, 2012
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Widebody Rentals Edge Down
The lease rentals of widebodies may have resisted the downward pressure that has affected most narrowbodies but now the impact of weaker global conditions is being more keenly felt by virtually all types. New orders continue to be placed largely because financing is available for such aircraft. Also the newer…

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By: Aircraft Value News
October 8, 2012
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