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January 21, 2008
B747-200F Values Continue to Falter In Face of High Fuel Prices
The values of the B747-200F are facing further declines in the face of less rampant demand for cargo space and higher fuel charges. The demand for freighters remains but the focus is firmly on those newer types that are able to offer lower operating costs...
January 21, 2008
Used A340-300s Continue to See Demand
While new orders for the A340-300 are unlikely, the demand for used examples is sufficiently strong as to allow lease rentals to remain stable. Turkish Airlines is to lease two A340-300s from ILFC for six years later this year. The...
January 21, 2008
First Financings of A380 Attracts Higher Than Expected Rentals & Pricing
According to reports, Airbus Financial Services has sold the first aircraft to be operated by Singapore Airlines for a purchase price of $198.6 million, representing a higher than expected price. The first three aircraft to be delivered to SIA have been...
January 7, 2008
Semi-Annual Jet Aircraft Value Listing
Strong Demand Obscures Note of Caution The year 2007 seems set to be another record year for the manufacturers but the high price of fuel, combined with weakness in the financial markets, is taking its toll on values, if not lease rentals. Delivery slots for...
December 10, 2007
Long Term B777-300ER Residuals Under Scrutiny
Emirates A350-1000 Order Creates Uncertainty for Boeing Since entering service in 2004 the B777-300ER has become the leading widebody in terms of perceived residual value strength but with the selection of the competing A350-1000 by Emirates comes a threat to...
December 10, 2007
Weakness of Dollar Potentially Retards A320 Replacement
While it is a truism that all aircraft currently in full production will no longer be so 10 years hence, there are inevitably factors which can accelerate or retard the replacement process and at present, the weakness of the dollar is inhibiting the ability...
December 10, 2007
MD80 Seeks Reprieve
While values of the MD80 series seemingly equate to scrap values, with over 1,100 still in service, there continues to be a market for the type, particularly if modified to achieve Chapter 4 compliance. As the first of the Chapter 3 compliant narrowbodies to...
December 10, 2007
Freighter Values Retain Stability
The cargo market is showing some signs of weakness although the run up to the end of the year usually provides for peak demands on capacity. A slowdown in the cargo market has historically been symptomatic of wider problems for the industry. While air freight...
December 10, 2007
Lease Rentals of Remain Steady
After a period of modest improvement, lease rentals of the majority of regional jets have seemingly reached a ceiling. There continues to be reasonable variation in lease rates attributable to the region; the lessee; the term of the lease and the return...
December 10, 2007
Dash 8-400 Values Undermined by Incidents
While the high price of fuel has fuelled the demand for turboprops, not least the Dash8Q-400, recent incidents relating to the landing gears have inevitably played a major role in seeing a discount in current and short-term future values for the specific...
December 10, 2007
Aircraft Asset Assessment
The Dash 8-400 Market Presence. As a turboprop the Dash8-400 was previously inevitably tarnished by the general perception that the age of the turboprop has been consigned to history. More recently, the incidents involving the landing gears have caused values...
December 10, 2007
Turboprop Residuals Under Threat as Manufacturers Consider Upsizing
Current and future values of turboprops have exhibited comparative stability over the course of the last two years not least because of the envisaged status quo in terms of product line. The move by Bombardier and now ATR to consider larger variants has the...
November 26, 2007
Narrowbody Residuals Get Boost From Dubai
Middle East Confirmed As Major Aviation Market The 2007 Dubai Air Show clearly consolidated the region as a major tour de force in the aviation world while cementing the prospect of resilient residual values for the A320 and B737NG families. The irony that...
November 26, 2007
Relaxation of Age Issue Offers Prospect of High Values for Older Freighters
The potential relaxation of the 15-year age limit on the importation of aircraft by China should increase demand for converted freighters, thereby underpinning residual values. While a few operators can afford new freighters, the nature of airfreight dictates...
November 26, 2007
Project Phoenix Seeks To Underpin CRJ200 Residuals
Bombardier is launching a new program to ensure an aftermarket for the CRJ 200 which also hopes to capitalize on the long lead times for most new business aircraft. It will also ensure values remain stable over the long term. The new program, Project Phoenix...
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