FOR CURRENT &
FUTURE AIRCRAFT VALUES
Subscribe Now
Archive: Rotorcraft Top Stories
Older Widebodies Make Good Restaurants
The Museum Effect has taken hold of older widebody values such that donation has become a more tax efficient means of disposal as well as offering the potential for a plaque to be installed for the giver, reflecting an enduring contribution to aviation. With so few in service, even parting…

Read more

By: Aircraft Value News
February 15, 2010
AVN
B777-300ER Continues to be Widebody of Choice
Despite the many adverse pressures affecting the market, the -300ER has established itself as the most desirable of widebodies, aided of course by the high price of fuel. B777-300ER Vital Statistics LAUNCH 03/2000 STANDARD MTOW 750,000lbs LIST PRICE (2008) $257-286.5m FIRST FLIGHT 02/2003 OPTIONAL MTOW 775,000lbs TYPICAL DISCOUNT 46% SERVICE…

Read more

By: Aircraft Value News
February 15, 2010
AVN
Aircraft Asset Assessment

Read more

By: Aircraft Value News
February 15, 2010
AVN
The B777-300ER
Market Presence. The size of the twin engined -300ER is such that it essentially replaces the B747-200 and indeed offers an alternative to the -400. The twin engine configuration presents the market with previously unimagined power and operating efficiency. The ability to extract ever higher thrust ratings from two engines…

Read more

By: Aircraft Value News
February 15, 2010
AVN
MD80 Freighter Conversion Fails to Raise Values Above Scrap Levels
The MD80 freighter conversion is edging closer to reality, nearly 25 years after being first mooted, but values of the passenger examples are unlikely to be benefit from this “new” role. Aeronautical Engineers (AEI), a long standing converter of aircraft, is hoping that the supplemental type certificated (STC) for the…

Read more

By: Aircraft Value News
February 15, 2010
AVN
6 Percent Rise In List Prices Contrasts With Falling Net Prices
First List Price Rise in Two Years The near six percent rise in Airbus list prices between 2008 and 2010 contrasts sharply with low rates of consumer inflation and further distances list prices from net prices. After hiking list prices between 2007 and 2008 by nearly five percent in response…

Read more

By: Aircraft Value News
February 15, 2010
AVN
Virgin Switch Highlights End Game for A340 Values
Single Digit Backlog Will Prevent Value Recovery With Virgin Atlantic Airways having switched six remaining orders for the A340-600 to the A330-300, the backlog for the A340-500 and -600 amounted to no more than seven aircraft as of the end of 2009, thereby pointing to further erosion of values. Virgin…

Read more

By: Aircraft Value News
February 1, 2010
AVN
Transaction Pricing Favor Newer Aircraft
The recent Dublin Air Finance conference saw the mood of cautious optimism contrast with the gloom of a year ago. The market is perceived to be bumbling along the bottom of the cycle, having essentially stopped falling. The consensus assumes that any upturn in the fortunes of the airlines will…

Read more

By: Aircraft Value News
February 1, 2010
AVN
106 107 108 109 110


Advertise/ Subscribe/ About Us/ Contact Us/ Reuse/Reprint/ Privacy Policy/ Cookie Settings/ Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging / Accessibility Statement
Mission / Aircraft Values News was created in 1992 to provide independent and informed advice regarding current and future aircraft values, and the factors that affect them, to the air transport community.AVN's core activity is the provision of expert commentary on current and future market values and lease rates. AVN seeks to interpret and analyze current events, enabling readers to more accurately anticipate future market trends. AVN expertise centers on an appreciation that aircraft are a commodity, subject to vagaries of supply and demand. AVN's subscribers comprise decision makers at financial i aft lessors and airlines.
© 2025 Access Intelligence, LLC – All Rights Reserved.