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Lease Rates Seek To Avoid Airline Fragility
The problems being experienced by the Russian airlines coupled with the vulnerability of some other airlines has the potential to lead the less experienced lessors to place aircraft at lower rates as a means of simply securing placement. The growth in the leasing of aircraft has been mostly fuelled in…

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By: Aircraft Value News
February 9, 2015
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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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By: Aircraft Value News
February 9, 2015
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Aircraft in Storage Continue to Warrant Significant Discounts
The number of 50 seat regional jets in storage runs into hundreds representing a major portion of the fleet and inevitably values continue to be affected by such an excess. The number of CRJ100/200s in storage is approximately 200 with some suggestions that as many as 250 are parked. With…

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By: Aircraft Value News
February 9, 2015
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A340-300 Values Achieve Measure of Stability
The fall in the price of fuel has played an important part of forestalling any further sharp decline in values of the A340-300. Indeed operators are actually seeking out units. The four engined configuration for medium sized widebodies had been overtaken by events such that values of existing units have…

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By: Aircraft Value News
February 9, 2015
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Record Orders Fail to Advance Values
Even though Boeing had a good year for widebody orders – Airbus less so – and deliveries are increasing there is a sense that any rise in values needs to be seen in the context of lower fuel prices, at least temporarily. Values and Ratings courtesy of The Aircraft Value…

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By: Aircraft Value News
February 9, 2015
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Twin Turbine Helicopter Values Face Pressures
The fall in the price of fuel has inevitably had a knock on effect on the demand patterns for helicopters which ultimately has implications for values. There exists a more direct correlation between the demand for helicopters from the energy sector to the price of oil. Approximately 20 percent of…

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By: Aircraft Value News
February 9, 2015
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B747-8F Values Continue to Decline As Fuel Prices Tumble
Even the potential order for three more B747-8Fs from Silk Way Airlines cannot disguise the difficulties facing the B747-8. Production rates of the B747-8 have fallen to virtually uneconomic levels. In 2014 only 19 were delivered, representing less than two per month. Suppliers of components for the B747-8 cannot be…

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By: Aircraft Value News
January 26, 2015
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B757 Values Face Tough Times as Allegiant Halves Book Value
The values of the B757 have been deteriorating in recent years as the type has lost its relevance in a changing market structure and as maintenance issues have taken their toll. Allegiant Air announced in late December 2014 that it was taking a $43.2 million noncash impairment charge on its…

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By: Aircraft Value News
January 26, 2015
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