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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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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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December 7, 2009
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Aircraft Asset Assessment

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December 7, 2009
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The B767-300
Market Presence. The B767-300 has an extremely limited market presence. The absence of orders and deliveries within the last decade has increased the expectation of difficult trading conditions. With only ten operators, of which three possess more than 75 percent of the fleet, future demand for used units in a…

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December 7, 2009
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“Sharklet” Set To Become New Baseline for A320 Family Values
The introduction of the “sharklet” on the A320 family as from 2012 will eventually become standard such that the values of those aircraft not featuring the wingtip device will need to be discounted. The sharklet seeks to provide a 3.5 percent improvement in fuel burn on longer sectors. The lower…

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December 7, 2009
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Annus Horribilis for Values
Values & Lease Rentals Experienced Significant Declines in 2009 The values of all aircraft have experienced a substantive fall during the course of 2009 and there continues to be an expectation that 2010 will see further declines as the aviation market struggles to emerge from recession. Values of all aircraft…

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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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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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November 23, 2009
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