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August 1, 2011
Aircraft Asset AssessmentThe B737-500
Market Presence. The -500 has a limited market presence. Though some eight percent of the fleet is being advertised, relatively limited availability is no justification for assuming that current values should remain stable. Values and lease rentals of older B737s...
March 27, 2008
New Engines for V-22?
Separate from its current disagreement with Rolls-Royce over engine support for the V-22, the U.S. Marine Corps may have to consider a new engine for the tilt-rotor transport. Rolls misjudged component lives in crafting a...
November 20, 2006
The Criminalization Of Accidents
Playing The Blame Game After An Accident In the aftermath of about 20 percent of aircraft accidents, some real odium attracts to the pilot(s), and peripheral officialdom starts ruminating publicly about charging a surviving pilot with anything from reckless endangerment to criminal negligence. Sometimes these episodes end up gravitating towards a civil court action and the pilot or his estate gets sued for...
October 16, 2006
Shortfall In B747-400BCF Values Cited At ISTAT Monaco Conference
This year's ISTAT Conference in Monaco, October 6-7, attracted 300 attendees, a 30 percent increase from the 2005 event. At the gathering, a consensus emerged: values of converted B747-400s are failing to adequately reflect the hike in feedstock prices. The B747-400 conversion has become extremely popular, as airfreight operators seek to cope with spiraling demand and replacement of existing freighters...
October 16, 2006
Freighter Rentals Remain On Even Keel
The loss of some military contracts has taken the edge off the boom time for the freight industry, but the run up to the peak Christmas period will provide sufficient solace to keep rentals at current levels. Military contracts represent a vital source of revenue for a number of operators, helping to maintain utilization and keep the desert parking lots from filling with older freighters. Some volatility...
October 16, 2006
China's Satellite Jamming Test Creates International Concerns
GPS Is Seen As A Prime Target For Interdiction China has beamed a powerful ground-based laser at U.S. spy satellites over its territory, a U.S. intelligence agency reported, in an action that exposed the potential vulnerability of space systems that provide crucial data to American troops and consumers around the world. The U.S. Department of Defense refuses to disclose which satellite was involved or when...
February 21, 2005
Higher B767-300ER Rentals Shroud Deteriorating Values
Limited -300ER Backlog Points to Tough Times for Residuals The lack of availability of Boeing [BA] B767-300ERs and higher lease rentals for this aircraft can only momentarily obscure the fact that production of the B767 is winding down and that residuals, particularly those of the youngest examples, are likely to experience a marked fall in the near term. The conversion of two B767-300ER orders to...
June 16, 2003
B767-200ER Tanker Program Does Nothing To Bolster Commercial Values
The approval of an order for 100 KV-767A tankers, based on the B767-200ER by the U.S. Department of Defense and due for delivery between 2006 and 2011, will do nothing to reverse the decline in values of the commercial variant or raise the prospect of further commercial orders. The 100 tankers, in a deal yet to be finalized, are to be leased in an innovative financing deal. Boeing reportedly would sell the...