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Values of Smaller Jets Continue to Suffer
The 50 seat regional jet market continues to suffer from excess and values are inevitably depressed. The difficulty for the 50 seaters is in foreseeing any recovery. While production has all but ended, the market for the type was largely created out of an artificial needs – the scope clauses.…

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By: Aircraft Value News
May 24, 2010
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Improvement in Freighter Market Affects Values
The cargo market has once demonstrated its ability to be the first to signal emergence from the Great Recession such values of at least some freighters are actually rising once more. In April 2010, IATA reported a steep increase in demand, the latest since late last year. Load factors also…

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By: Aircraft Value News
May 24, 2010
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No Stopping Decline in A340-300 Values
The recovery of the world economic order is not unfortunately benefiting the values of the A340-300. The four engined configuration for medium sized widebodies has been overtaken by events such that values of existing units have been exposed by the high price of fuel. However, the differential in capital and…

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May 24, 2010
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Aircraft Asset Assessment: A340-300
Market Presence. The A340-300 has previously provided operators with considerable operating flexibility. The four-engine configuration, combined with long haul capability, opened up a number of routes unable to support either the larger B777-300ER or the ETOPs constrained twin engined B777-200ER. The –300 has CFM56-5 engines while the new A340-500 and…

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May 24, 2010
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B747-200F Values Continue to Falter
The fortunes of the B747-200F continue to face tough times despite the upturn in traffic volumes, not least because directional imbalances and high fuel prices favor newer types. While there has been some interest in the ageing B747-400Fs, the focus has been much more on the newer freighters. Rayyan Air…

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May 24, 2010
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Continental / United Merger Poses No Problem for Values
But Market Remains Sufficiently Fragile as to Delay Recovery in Values The tie-up between United and Continental will create one of the largest operators in the world with nearly 700 mainline aircraft in the merged fleet but at present there is little indication that the fleet size will be reduced…

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By: Aircraft Value News
May 10, 2010
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B777F Values Continue to Show Promise
While the values of freighters experienced significant declines during the course of 2009 as a result of an unprecedented fall in traffic, the combination of greater interest in freighter conversions and acquisition of additional capacity is providing the basis for a possible improvement in values during the latter part of…

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May 10, 2010
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Acquisition of Ex-JAL B747-400s Fails to Aid Values
The intended disposal of more than 30 B747-400s by Japan Airlines has already resulted in a significant fall in values and the acquisition of nine such aircraft by Transaero will do nothing to reverse the slide. The values of the B747-400 have fallen by more than 20 percent over the…

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By: Aircraft Value News
May 10, 2010
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