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Aircraft Asset Assessment: B777F
Market Presence. The market for the B777F is not only well established through the operation of the B747s, MD11Fs, B767Fs and A300-600Fs but will also likely experience expansion as a consequence of the improvement in payload/range and through twin engined efficiency. The age profile of earlier widebodies such as the…

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September 8, 2014
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Market Rates Not Impacted By Russian Sanctions
The crisis in the Ukraine and the imposition of further sanctions will likely have a further impact on the ability of Western lessors to place aircraft in Russia as well as retaining existing equipment in the country but this is not expected to result in any weakness in terms of…

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September 8, 2014
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Turboprop Rentals Vibration Free
The rentals for turboprops continue to remain stable having perhaps reached a peak. The primary vehicles for vanilla operating leases remain the stalwart favorites of the ATR42/ATR72 and the Dash 8, notably the -300 and the -400. Older and other aircraft types are less favored for the operational lease with…

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September 8, 2014
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B777F Values Lose Premium
While deliveries of the B777-200F continue to be made, the malaise of the freighter market ensures that values remain realistic. The heritage of the B777-200LRF can be traced back to the mid 1990s when Boeing considered a Combi version of the B777 featuring a main deck cargo door. The principal…

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September 8, 2014
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Semi-Annual Jet Aircraft Value Listing
 The market is currently experiencing a measure of stability for newer aircraft types with the older types continuing to find less favor even as a record backlog exists. Seeking to sell a used unencumbered aircraft for cash, even one under ten years of age, continues to require considerable pricing flexibility;…

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August 25, 2014
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Values Yet to Follow Rise in Airfreight
According to IATA data airfreight traffic increased by 4.1 percent in the first six months of 2014 representing reasonably strong growth but values have yet to experience a reversal of the downward trend exhibited for so many years. Load factors, which are still below 50 percent, need to advance by…

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August 11, 2014
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New A321 Values/Lease Rentals Continue to Creep Upwards
The values and lease rentals of newly delivered A321-200s continue to edge upwards as the preference for the type continues. In the first six months of 2014 Airbus delivered 67 A321-200s. This compares with 47 during the same period in 2013. While the number of B737-900ER deliveries also increased from…

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August 11, 2014
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Aircraft Asset Assessment: B747-400F
Market Presence. The net effect of changing market structure is to see a large number of B747-400F freighters remaining in storage some of which have already been parked for a long time. Out of a fleet of approximately 230 B747-400F and B747-400 converted freighters, there are around 40 in storage,…

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August 11, 2014
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