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No Hiding Place For Older Widebody Values
Despite the significant fall in the price of fuel to around $50 a barrel, the lack of demand for the older widebodies, due to reduced traffic levels, has continued to cause problems for values. The previous high price of fuel merely exposed the vulnerability of the widebodies to a sustained…

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December 8, 2008
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Rates Deterioate
While it is so easy to latch onto a single example and use it as the basis for a general trend, there can be no denying that the lease rentals of even the more popular types have begun to wane. The third quarter results of lessors has not indicated a…

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December 8, 2008
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A310-300 Values Continue to Decline
As is the case with most aircraft types, the values for the A310 have suffered from weaker demand. The consistently low level of availability is being achieved partly because of the appetite for conversion. There were at one time over 30 being advertised but today there are only eight. The…

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December 8, 2008
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Distressed Sale Discounting Rises
Leasing & Storage Offer Better Options The increasing depth of the seeming now global economic recession, combined with still restricted funding, is causing sufficient anxiety for financial institutions to once again consider the possibility of distressed sale pricing. The last aviation specific downturn seven years ago saw distressed sale values…

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November 24, 2008
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B747-8F Delay Will Benefit B747-400F Values
The much expected delay to the service entry of the B747-8F will do little to improve the values of the new aircraft but should provide some reassurance for values of the current B747-400F. The fall in cargo traffic has meant that demand for airfreight capacity has lost much of its…

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November 24, 2008
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FAA Statement on Validity of PMA Parts Fails to Settle Value Issue
The statement in August by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that the use of PMA parts is valid provides some reassurance that the value of engines containing non-original equipment manufactured (OEM) should not be subject to significant discounting. The FAA statement concerning PMA parts is emphatic and unusual. The FAA…

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November 24, 2008
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Freighter Rentals Continue to Face Weakness
Weakness in the air cargo market is usually the first sign of problems in the world economy. The cargo market has therefore been suffering for nearly a year. The shortfall in demand in the run up to the Beijing Olympics earlier in the years merely obscured more fundamental issues. The…

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November 24, 2008
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The End is Nigh for Stage 2 Values
The placement of a value on an aircraft implies that the type has some degree of relevance to the market, that it can be marketed to others. However, for the majority of Chapter 2 aircraft, any value mostly resides with the operator. Seeking to sell the aircraft for cash was…

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November 24, 2008
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