http://www.aviationtoday.com Aviation Today en-us 2013 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:15:26 EDT Orders for the A318 have failed to advance over recent years, indeed over nearly a decade, and with the type no longer to feature in the A320neo family line-up, the values of the type will be largely dependent on the corporate/VIP market. A total of 81 have been ordered with 78 delivered. Notably Airbus... http://www.aviationtoday.com/avn/categories/commercial/A318-Values-Fail-to-Impress_77239.html Mon, 10 Sep 2012 0:00:00 EDT FAA's Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing (ASIAS) system connects 46 safety databases across the industry and is integrated into the Commercial Aviation Safety Team (CAST) process, the agency said Thursday in a fact sheet. There are... http://www.aviationtoday.com/avn/categories/commercial/FAA-Shares-Safety-Information-in-Databases_75279.html Mon, 5 Dec 2011 0:00:00 EST 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/commercial/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/commercial/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/commercial/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/commercial/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/commercial/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/commercial/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/commercial/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/commercial/Aircraft-Asset-Assessment-CRJ200_25507.html Mon, 1 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT