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Turboprop Lease Rentals Buck Downward Trend
Lease rentals of mainline jets continue to face downward pressures but those for turboprops remain resilient. The turboprop manufacturers continue to manage a reasonable rather than substantive backlog which suggests that operators are sourcing capacity from the used market. The operators of turboprops are in any event, usually more restrained…

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September 24, 2012
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Boeing List Prices Rise by More Than 5 Percent
Net Pricing Nudge Towards 50 Percent Despite the continued weakness of the market, at least outside of Asia and Latin America, Boeing list prices recorded another significant rise, further distancing them from single unit values. The average rise amounted to 5.6 percent. The methodology behind rises in list prices is…

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September 10, 2012
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Turboprop Residuals Take Note of Larger Variants
The values of turboprops have been able to retain a level of stability partly because of the lack of major changes to the product line up. In contrast to the jet sector, where there are not only a number of manufacturers but also models, the3 turboprop market is currently centered…

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September 10, 2012
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CRJ1000 Values Remain Stable
The CRJ1000 is a relatively recent addition to the CRJ family and while orders may be trickling in the type is meeting the expectations of operators such that values remain stable. The CRJ1000, formerly known as the CRJ900X, is a modified version of the CRJ900. The CRJ1000 is the final…

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August 13, 2012
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A330-200 Values Start to Reflect Changing Market
The demand for the A330-200 has been exceptional over the last decade, surpassing the expectations of Airbus but with a changing market and the arrival of new types values are moving downwards on a variant that prompted the manufacturer to fundamentally alter its perception of longer range twins. The year…

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August 13, 2012
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Rentals Consolidate Gains But No More
The behavior of lease rentals of regional jets has until now been at odds with the experience of mainline jets which have seen something of a fall over the last year. The lease rates of most regional jets have consolidated their gains but have more recently plateaued. To some extent…

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August 13, 2012
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Freighter Values Continue to Experience Weakness
The airfreight market remains in the doldrums which is causing particular concern for values. The airfreight traffic for June as reported by IATA showed only the most modest of improvements. The only bright spot was the Middle East which showed double digit growth. With only 0.8 percent increase in traffic…

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August 13, 2012
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Lower Rentals for A319 Open Up Secondary Markets
Allegiant Air Starts to Pick Up Bargains to Fuel Growth The Las Vegas carrier Allegiant Air, in selecting the A319 to provide the necessary capacity to expand operations, acquired the aircraft because “A319 asset values have significantly declined and now mirror the environment we saw when we (Allegiant Air) first…

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August 13, 2012
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