Aircraft Value News [June 5, 2023] -

Issue: June 5, 2023

Lufthansa A380 Sale Price to Airbus Revealed

Storm Damage Sees Further Discount The price paid by Airbus for six Lufthansa A380s in 2019 has been revealed in the airlines’ 2022 Annual Report because of an “unscheduled” change in value. In early 2019 Lufthansa agreed to sell six of its fourteen A380s back to Airbus. The six aircraft…

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June 5, 2023

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Paris Salon Venue for Order Bonanza Potentially Bolstering Residuals

The Paris Air Show, running between the 19-25th June, will likely be the occasion for the announcement of a surfeit of orders, swelling the order backlog and potentially pushing up residual values for some aircraft. For the last three years, the number of net orders for Airbus aircraft has been…

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June 5, 2023

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Lessors Focus on Electric But Design Volatility Hampers Valuations

The valuation of new technology is becoming ever more likely as the designs move from theory to practice with real world application to the movement of people and cargo, but the pace of change will make calculations that much more difficult. The Wright Brothers flew in 1903 – though were…

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June 5, 2023

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Rentals Rise with No Ceiling Evident

There continues to be a shortage of newer aircraft because of production and engine issues but whether there is an overall imbalance between supply and demand is open to debate. There is considerable movement of aircraft with many new leases being signed not least because a number of operators are…

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June 5, 2023

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VIP Values Face Down Environmental Battles

Airliner types continue to be in demand with Boeing announcing in May 2023 an order for two BBJ787-8s, one BBJ737-7 and an option for a BBJ777-9 increasing the order tally for the BBJ range to more than 260 aircraft since 1996 thus underlining the continued attraction for new VVIP aircraft.…

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June 5, 2023

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B787-8 Current Market Values Fail to Inspire Confidence in Residuals

The market for widebodies is said to be burgeoning but there are now less than 30 B787-8s on backlog and orders have been elusive for years. With such a lack luster market for the type, values have inevitably not only failed to recover from the Covid Event but have continued…

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June 5, 2023

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Aircraft Asset Assessment - The B787-8

Market Presence. The latest United order offers an injection of interest for the beleaguered -8 but such attention is far from widespread. The type is facing considerable problems in terms of both new orders, delivery rates and lack of interest from the used market. The values for used aircraft are…

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June 5, 2023

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Values of New A321-200s Increase by “2%” Over 23 Years

As a means of emphasizing the role of inflation and production efficiency and the impact on residual values, the values of newly delivered A321-200s have failed to increase over 23 years – the value of a new A321-200 as of 2019 was than two percent higher compared to one delivered…

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June 5, 2023

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