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| 12.08.2008 |
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Cityline Cuts Highlight Concerns Over 50 Seaters
With the fall in the price of oil to around $50 a barrel, the 50 seat regional jets seemed to have been saved from a premature end but airlines have become conscious of the risk associated with operating the type in a high fuel cost environment. Values of the...
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| 11.24.2008 |
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Distressed Sale Discounting Rises
Leasing & Storage Offer Better Options The increasing depth of the seeming now global economic recession, combined with still restricted funding, is causing sufficient anxiety for financial institutions to once again consider the possibility of distressed...
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| 11.24.2008 |
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B747-8F Delay Will Benefit B747-400F Values
The much expected delay to the service entry of the B747-8F will do little to improve the values of the new aircraft but should provide some reassurance for values of the current B747-400F. The fall in cargo traffic has meant that demand for airfreight...
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| 11.24.2008 |
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FAA Statement on Validity of PMA Parts Fails to Settle Value Issue
The statement in August by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that the use of PMA parts is valid provides some reassurance that the value of engines containing non-original equipment manufactured (OEM) should not be subject to significant discounting...
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| 11.24.2008 |
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Freighter Rentals Continue to Face Weakness
Weakness in the air cargo market is usually the first sign of problems in the world economy. The cargo market has therefore been suffering for nearly a year. The shortfall in demand in the run up to the Beijing Olympics earlier in the years merely obscured...
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| 11.24.2008 |
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The End is Nigh for Stage 2 Values
The placement of a value on an aircraft implies that the type has some degree of relevance to the market, that it can be marketed to others. However, for the majority of Chapter 2 aircraft, any value mostly resides with the operator. Seeking to sell the...
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| 11.24.2008 |
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B737-600 Values Continue to Fall
With a paltry 69 orders, the values of the -600 have continued to decline. Values of the -600 were placed “On Watch” status seven years ago and to all intents, the variant has become marginalized such that existing operators. Marginalization indicates...
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| 11.24.2008 |
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Aircraft Asset Assessment
The B737-600 Market Presence. In developing the B737NG Boeing created another more than capable product. Range, operating costs and interior flexibility have all been addressed. However, the market for the –600 has changed and the A318 represents an...
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| 11.24.2008 |
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Lease Rentals Falling But Interest Rates Are Playing Their Part
Lease rentals have inevitably been impacted by the problems surrounding the world economy and the aviation market specifically. There have been suggestions that the weaker market conditions have begun to undermine the lease rentals of even more modern and...
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| 11.10.2008 |
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Weaker Market Fails to Dent Appetite for Replacement Narrowbody
Residuals of Existing Narrowbodies Still on Course to Dip in Eight Years The market may be facing renewed weakness despite the fall in the price of fuel but the impetus for a replacement to the current crop of narrowbodies remains. The move towards a...
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| 11.10.2008 |
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A340-500 Values Continue to Decline Despite Fall in Oil Price
The fall in the price of oil to around $65 a gallon, from the peak of nearly $150 earlier in the year, has thus far failed to halt the slide in values of the A340-500. The more modern four engined aircraft such as the A340-500, A340-600 and even B747-400 have...
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| 11.10.2008 |
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Residual Values of B747-8I “Dependent on Freighter Conversion”
The lack of fresh orders for the passenger version of the B747-8 at a time when development is advanced and the market is weak points to increasing concern over residual values. With only 28 orders secured to date for the passenger version, residual value...
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| 11.10.2008 |
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Rentals Continue to Fall
While there continues to be a measure of demand for the older aircraft types, the focus is clearly on the newer. LIBOR interest rates are finally easing allowing for a measure of comfort for lessees but this only serves to see rentals falling lower. Aircraft...
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| 11.10.2008 |
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Widebody Values Face Increased Weakness
The values of widebodies have come under increasingly threat as the worldwide credit crunch mutates into a global recession. Whereas values of more modern widebodies may have previously be protected as international operations continued to expand and fuel...
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| 11.10.2008 |
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Values Of A318 Fail to Inspire
The 100 seater market remains as fragile as ever and interest in the A318 continues to remain on the Elite rather the commercial version. Even the departure of the B717 from the competition ring did not lead to improved market conditions for the A318. With a...
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| 11.10.2008 |
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Aircraft Asset Assessment
Market Presence. As a member of the A320 family, technology is not an issue for the A318. Technical obsolescence will not feature for some years or at least until the A320 family is upgraded or replaced. The interior of the A318, providing a wider diameter...
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| 11.10.2008 |
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Long Haul Ambitions May Aid Values if Widebody Demand Evaporates
The highly publicized reiterated ambition of Ryanair to participate in the sometimes lucrative transatlantic market could mop up some of the excess widebody capacity that could possibly emerge as a consequence of corporate failures and order cancellations...
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| 10.27.2008 |
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Production Rates May Need to Fall To Prevent Further Fall in Value
New Aircraft Continue to Displace Old As Values Decline The cyclic condition of rising production levels and falling demand has once again emerged and threatens to undermine the current market values of both new and old aircraft. Previous cycles have...
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| 10.27.2008 |
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Rapid Decline in Values of 50 Seat Regional Jets Could Be Halted
The values of the 50 seat regional jets have experienced considerable problems over the course of the last year but with the fall in the price of fuel operators may need to reassess their fleet plans in the favor of the RJ. The economics of smaller regional...
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| 10.27.2008 |
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Turboprop Values Stable
After benefitting from the aversion to regional jets, a period of reflection is in evidence as turboprop operators consider their fleet plans. The fall in the price of fuel, combined with more static demand, has seen a fall in orders placements for...
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