http://www.aviationtoday.com Aviation Today en-us 2013 Mon, 20 May 2013 8:00:30 EDT 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... http://www.aviationtoday.com/avn/categories/bga/Aircraft-Asset-AssessmentThe-B737-500_73927.html Mon, 1 Aug 2011 0:00:00 EDT ILFC Expects Lease Rentals to Weaken Lessors, in continuing to post substantial profits, demonstrates that the market still has considerable flexibility before reliving the turmoil of the early 1990s and post 2001. Engine leasing has become a popular form of leasing in recent years as financial institutions... http://www.aviationtoday.com/avn/categories/bga/Profitability-of-Lessors-At-Peak_25501.html Mon, 1 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT The complete collapse of Gemini Air Cargo, resulting in the disposal of eight DC10-30Fs and four MD11Fs, underlines the continued the severity of the market facing the cargo market. The combination of higher fuel prices, and declining economic activity have, as usual, been more keenly felt by cargo... http://www.aviationtoday.com/avn/categories/bga/Collapse-of-Gemini-Highlights-Cargo-Problems_25502.html Mon, 1 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT While the market for older aircraft may seem to be waning due to the high price of fuel the demand for some aircraft types seems to suggest otherwise. With Aircastle indicating that the average value of its B737 Classics has fallen to approximate $6 million, the less than ubiquitous Fokker 100 seems to be... http://www.aviationtoday.com/avn/categories/bga/Lease-Rentals-for-Fokker-100-Seemingly-High_25503.html Mon, 1 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT To date the principal focus of the effects of the downturn have focused on the older generation aircraft but as operators face every tougher conditions, the weakness in values has begun to spread to newer types. Gaps have begun to appear in delivery schedules which may allow some operators to accelerate... http://www.aviationtoday.com/avn/categories/bga/Values-of-Newer-Aircraft-Start-to-Falter_25504.html Mon, 1 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT Even the fall in the price of fuel cannot disguise the fragility of the 50 seat market and preference for larger aircraft. In the last recession, the major operators in the U.S. sought replace mainline fleets with 50 seaters as a means of quickly reducing capacity and costs. Post 2001, values of the 50... http://www.aviationtoday.com/avn/categories/bga/50-Seat-Lease-Rentals-Face-Uncertainty_25505.html Mon, 1 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT The considerable demand for the CRJ200ER in the late 1990s and the early part of this decade was mostly fuelled by artificial demand in the form of scope clauses. Instead of an orderly change to larger gauge equipment, the rapid transformation of the market structure has laid bare the underlying problems of... http://www.aviationtoday.com/avn/categories/bga/CRJ200ER-Problems-Mount_25506.html Mon, 1 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT Market Presence. While the oldest CRJs are more than 16 years of age, Canadair made great strides in adapting the basic corporate jet design to the needs of the tougher commercial market such that its heritage should not be any more of a significant issue than for other regional jets. The operational... http://www.aviationtoday.com/avn/categories/bga/Aircraft-Asset-Assessment-CRJ200_25507.html Mon, 1 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT The little heralded switch of existing A319 orders for the larger A320 underlines the severity of the market for the low cost carriers and the increasing propensity to reduce costs by increasing the size of aircraft. easyJet has opted to change 25 existing A319 orders for A320s. Nine A320s are already being... http://www.aviationtoday.com/avn/categories/bga/easyJet-Switch-to-Larger-Gauge-Signals-More-General-Upsizing_25508.html Mon, 1 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT B777-300ER Increasingly Favored As Replacement Rather Growth Capacity The medium to long term residual values of the ubiquitous B747-400 are facing increased pressure as a result of the worldwide slowdown in traffic and the increased emphasis on using the most fuel efficient of equipment, notably the... http://www.aviationtoday.com/avn/categories/bga/B747-400-Residuals-Face-Increased-Pressure_25125.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT