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| 04.13.2009 |
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Corporate Jet Values Continue to Falter
“Heavy Iron” Face Severe Pressures Values of corporate jets, previously perceived to be the “safe haven” for those seeking assured returns, have experienced a near 25 percent decline over the course of the last year with further falls expected. During...
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| 04.13.2009 |
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Bombardier CS100 & CS300 Price Tag Bears No Resemblance to Values
The list prices of the CS100 and CS300 at more than $40 million are considerably above the net selling price. Whereas Airbus and Boeing can claim the 35-45 percent disparity between list price and net selling price is a function of history, the development of...
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| 04.13.2009 |
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Turboprop Values Experience Modest Decline
A year ago the market for the turboprop appeared attractive. the price of fuel was rising on its way to record highs and despite the onset of economic weakness, the demand for turboprops exceeded supply. Values were able to register a period of stability. The...
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| 04.13.2009 |
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Assumptions
The listing of current and future market values is based on the year of build. The essential assumption, following ISTAT Market Value guidelines, is that the aircraft is being sold as a single unit and between a willing seller and willing buyer for cash. The...
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| 03.30.2009 |
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Economic Contagion Precipitates Tipping Point for Values
Sharp Drop in Global Traffic Points to Fleet Contractions Forcing Down Values The tipping point for values has passed as the worldwide economic downturn translates into depressed demand for travel in all sectors. Values of virtually all aircraft are...
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| 03.30.2009 |
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Asking Prices Continue to Show Enthusiasm
Despite the problems of the market, aircraft are still being traded including older types which would seem to hold lesser attraction. A 1987 B767-300 with a total time of 63,000 hours is being offered at a price of $9.5 million. This appears to be a...
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| 03.30.2009 |
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Early B787 Values Face Downward Pressures
The market for the B787 in the short term is increasingly less attractive as performance issues and delays take their toll. The values of the B787 had been enjoying a premium over the last year even with the delays. However, with fuel prices having wiped out...
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| 03.30.2009 |
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Rentals Experience Significant Fall
Lease rentals of more modern narrowbodies have fallen by more than 20 percent compared to their peak in late 2007, with the expectation that further falls are likely. The market has passed the tipping point which occurred in early February 2009. While there...
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| 03.30.2009 |
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Older Widebody Values Will Not Recover
The fortunes of the older widebodies are at rock bottom even if the price of fuel remains consistently low. Older widebodies may have the advantage of low capital cost but they also have the ability to drain resources and threaten reliability. The three...
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| 03.30.2009 |
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MD83 Values Hit the Buffers
The values of the MD83 have continued to decline as the type faces the inevitable consequences of parking en masse and the move to newer equipment. Despite still being the most desirable of MD80 variants, the fortunes of the MD83 have experienced sustained...
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| 03.30.2009 |
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Aircraft Asset Assessment
The 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...
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| 03.30.2009 |
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Harsher Market May Accelerate Not Delay Narrowbody Replacement
The impetus for a replacement of the A320 and B737NG families is constantly shifting as manufacturers and operators grapple with rapidly changing market conditions but the downturn has the potential to accelerate rather than retard the replacement process...
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| 03.16.2009 |
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A320 & B737NG Lease Rentals Experience Expected >20 Percent Fall
Lower Rates Reflect Lesser Demand & Lower Interest Rates Lease rates have exhibited a significant fall over the course of the last six months such that rentals of newer narrowbodies are perhaps 20-25 percent off their recent peak. The market for newer...
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| 03.16.2009 |
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Engine Values Experience Falls As Fleets Contract
Engines have been seen as something of a safe haven given greater lease return potential as well as longevity but as the demand for spare engines has fallen so then so have values. Hundreds of aircraft have been placed into storage over the last year and more...
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| 03.16.2009 |
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“Beware of Geeks Bearing Formulas”
With the market experiencing a virtually unprecedented fall in traffic, gauging the extent of a decline and its duration requires an appreciation of new market dynamics rather than an extrapolation of past trends. Warren Buffett, the high profile investor...
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| 03.16.2009 |
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Freighter Rentals Experience Significant Fall
Data concerning the state of the airfreight market makes for grim reading. Traditionally, the freight market has been the first to suffer in a downturn and the first to recover. While the first months of the year have historically been lean, the year on year...
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| 03.16.2009 |
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Widebody Values Continue to Fall
Widebodies may be faring better than narrowbodies but there can be no escaping the fact that values have fallen. The contraction of operations and the deferral of new orders means that there are now a significant number of widebodies in the parking lot. The...
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| 03.16.2009 |
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Values & Rentals Face Downward Pressures
The previous exceptional demand for the B767-300ER has waned such that the much expected decline in values has commenced in earnest to the extent that during the course of the last six months, values have fallen by some fifteen percent. With production now...
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| 03.16.2009 |
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Aircraft Asset Assessment
The B767-300ER Market Presence. The B767-300ER presented the operating leasing community with the ideal tool with which to enter the widebody operating lease arena. Throughout the 1990s the B767-300ER enjoyed considerable success but then fell victim to the...
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| 03.16.2009 |
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Rising Number of Parked Aircraft Will Delay Value Recovery
As the number of aircraft in storage rises, the recovery in values will be delayed even if such aircraft are not being actively marketed. Aircraft values are impacted by two statistics – the number and relative proportion of aircraft being actively marketed...
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