Aircraft Value News [July 29, 2013] -

Issue: July 29, 2013

Values of Chapter 2 Aircraft At Scrap Levels

Such has been the passage of time that those that have become involved in the industry in the last decade may not even know what a Chapter 2 aircraft consists of. As is to be expected a significant number of the new aircraft are being used to replace existing aircraft.…

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July 29, 2013

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Aircraft Asset Assessment: MD83

Market Presence. The MD83 experienced its heyday in the late 1980s and early 1990s. While values started to stumble more than ten years ago, availability only became a major issue in recent years. Even before production ceased in 1999, the MD83 was already facing severe pressure from the A320 and…

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July 29, 2013

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Milestone Delivery of 1,000th A330 Points to Still Strong Values

The 1,000th A330 has been delivered to Cathay Pacific representing a major milestone for the program and further underlining the stability in values. Even 10 years ago, the delivery of 1,000 A330 aircraft with another 250 on backlog would have been considered to be optimistic in view of the then…

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July 29, 2013

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Values of Older Aircraft Weighed Down by Economics Not Delivery Rates

While both Airbus and Boeing are on course to deliver some 600 aircraft each during the course of this year, some of which will displace older aircraft, the extensive backlogs should be a contributing to a revival in values of used aircraft but are not. The first six months of…

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July 29, 2013

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Lease Rentals Fail to Move

There are only minor indications that the airfreight market is showing signs of improvement with Silk Way Airlines of Azerbaijan ordering two B747-8Fs. The world economy continues to improve slightly though again the Eurozone crisis faces new pressures which are curtailing demand for imported goods. This absence of consistent growth…

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July 29, 2013

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Values of A320 Could Increase by “$2 Million” if Capacity Increased

The values of the A320neo have the potential to be increased by more than $2 million if the capacity can be increased from the current maximum of 180 seats to a possible 192. There has been unsubstantiated speculation that easyJet have been seeking a higher capacity A320. An extra two…

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July 29, 2013

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B787 Fire Puts Pressure for Values as “On Watch” Status Remains

The fire involving the parked Ethiopian B787 at London’s Heathrow airport represents another setback for the image of the type and makes it more of an imperative to retain the “On Watch” status. The memory of the lengthy grounding of the B787 earlier this year may have started to fade…

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July 29, 2013

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MD83 Values Fail to Clamber Out of Canyon

The values of the MD83 continue to remain depressed as they have been for nearly a decade but the size of the operator base shows that there remains interest in the type. Despite still being the most desirable of MD80 variants, the fortunes of the MD83 have experienced sustained adversity.…

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July 29, 2013

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