Aircraft Value News [July 17, 2023] -

Issue: July 17, 2023

Extensive Narrowbody Backlog Allows Values to Keep Climbing

Inflationary Pressures Ease But Few Delivery Slots Scarce for Years The backlog of orders means that a customer placing an order today may not see a delivery until the latter part of the decade this resulting in further upward pressure on new values. Airbus+Boeing Backlog 2007 6846 2008 7427…

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July 17, 2023

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A330-900 Values Experience Upward Pressure

The market for the A330-900 is continuing to improve with the expectation that further orders will be placed in the coming months as more operators seeking to replace their ageing A330-300’s. The combination of the Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 engines and aerodynamic improvements has enabled the range, performance and efficiency of…

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July 17, 2023

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Parting Out Values Continue to Improve As Demand Increases

The parting out of aircraft used to realize large sums not least because of the value of the engines, the retained fleet, and the cost of new components and while the Covid Event impacted this equation, the recovery has seen increased interest once more not least because utilization has increased,…

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July 17, 2023

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2025 Service Entry For Hydrogen Powered Dash8-300

While there is much discussion about the benefits of hydrogen there is also concern about the difficulties of developing such technology but not so with the Universal Hydrogen product which seeks to see service entry in just over two years. The Dash8-300 used for testing has been moved to the…

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July 17, 2023

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Freighter Values Past Their Peak

Freighters have enjoyed a glorious three years making up for a moribund activity since the financial crisis of 2008 but the airfreight market is having to adjust to weaker demand and potential surplus, particularly in the context of record orders for freighter conversions. FedEx has recently announced that eighteen aircraft…

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July 17, 2023

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Lessors Work Hard to Secure Pre-Covid Rates

The turboprop sector has been slower to recovery from the Covid Event perhaps because of WFH or lesser enthusiasm to fly shorter sectors because of hygiene or environmental concerns but as Asia opens up once more then the number of turboprops in storage is seeing a reduction. The turboprop sector…

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July 17, 2023

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B777-300ER Values Start to Stabilize

The market for the B777-300ER has experienced a turbulent four years with the Covid Event contributing to the problems for the type rather than precipitating the decline. The B777-300ER was developed to address the demands of airlines for a high-capacity, long-haul aircraft. The development process began in the late 1990s,…

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July 17, 2023

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Aircraft Asset Assessment - The B777-300ER

Market Presence. The B777-300ER has proven popular as evidenced by the number of orders but whether it will garner the same degree of enthusiasm on the used market is now being put to the test. There will be some operators who will continue to operate the aircraft until scrapping takes…

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July 17, 2023

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DeHavilland DHC6-300 Values Not Impacted by DHC6-300G

The launch of the DHC6-300G is not expected to have a material impact on the values of the existing 40–60-year-old DHC6-300’s. The DHC6-300 still represents one of the best investments that any aircraft financier could have made. In the early 1970s, the cost of a new DHC6-300 was approximately $700,000…

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July 17, 2023

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