Aircraft Value News [May 24, 2021] -

Issue: May 24, 2021

Regional Jet Values See Sporadic Recovery

Values of E175 Register Significant Rise The regional jet market should be riding high, shrugging off the symptoms of the pandemic but the reality is that values of all regional jets have been negatively impacted by the Covid Event and that most are unlikely to make a speedy recovery. The…

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May 24, 2021

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MD80 Freighter Values Get Boost Due to Pandemic

MD80 freighter values have enjoyed something of a revival as a result of the demand for airfreight and the limited supply of cost effective narrowbody aircraft but the type remains on the fringe of the freighter fleet and is not necessarily suited for asset based financing. The Michigan USA company,…

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May 24, 2021

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Values of New A350-900s On Road to Recovery

Despite the very significant problems that continue to constrain the recovery of the long haul markets – reinfections, border closures, travel bans – the vaccination program is allowing some markets to open up once more. Even during the worst of the market conditions, international passenger flights were being undertaken albeit…

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May 24, 2021

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Values of New Widebodies See Slight Rise

The market for narrowbodies continues to see an improvement as more flights are restored and countries reopen at least in part but for passenger widebodies, tight restrictions remain mostly in place with Asia still particularly impacted by the slow rollout of the vaccination program and desire to contain infections. The…

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May 24, 2021

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Newer Narrowbody Rates Start Recovery in Earnest

The lease rentals for narrowbodies have inevitably been severely affected by the Covid Event and lessors have reported reduced income levels but as the market begins to recover from the depths of a year ago rates are increasing again, at least for the newer aircraft types. The lessors have had…

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May 24, 2021

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A340-300 Values Stuttered in Face of B777-200ER

Despite having entered service only a few years before the B777-200ER, as soon as the new Boeing twin engined aircraft arrived, the fate of the A340-300 was effectively sealed. The B9 and B11 concepts of the 1970’s however saw the former with a larger fuselage than the A300 still powered…

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May 24, 2021

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Aircraft Asset Assessment - A340-300

Market Presence. The flawed original decision by Airbus to differentiate between four and two engines with respect to sector lengths finally unraveled with the launch of the A350 series after the launch of the B787 was met by an enthusiastic response. The size of the A340-300 was initially suited to…

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May 24, 2021

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Rolls-Royce Engine Hour Improvement Points to Gradual Widebody Recovery

The widebody segment of the market continues to see a modest increase in demand that is allowing values of at least some widebodies to rise from the depths experienced a year ago. Rolls-Royce indicated that the number of hours for engines powering the widebodies were some 40 percent of 2019…

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May 24, 2021

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