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Turboprop Rentals Experience Modest Fall
While the turboprop sector previously managed to avoid the shortfalls in demand experienced by the jet sector, there can be no escaping the effects of the economic malaise affecting the demand for air travel. The manufacturers now have to work harder to find new customers while placing used equipment requires…

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May 25, 2009
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Values Continue to Fall
The lower price of fuel is no match for the decline in traffic in the key North American region. Mexico, at least until recently, was seeking to take advantage of the mounting surplus of regional jets such has been the fall in value over the last eighteen months. The values…

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May 25, 2009
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B777-200ER Values Continue To Decline
Despite past success, the B777-200ER is facing tough times such that values have experienced more than a modest fall during the course of the last twelve months. The expansion of the customer base and on-going popularity persuaded financial institutions to participate in sale and leasebacks and other financing instruments. Fortunately,…

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May 25, 2009
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Aircraft Asset Assessment
The B777-200ER Market Presence. As an all-new aircraft, Boeing had the opportunity to employ the latest technology. Though the company opted not to employ full fly by wire as adopted by Airbus, the use of LCD screens in the B777 cockpit is only now being incorporated by Boeings European competitor,…

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May 25, 2009
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New CFM56-7B “Evolution” Will Become Baseline for Values
Even though CFM has just introduced the /3 Tech Insertion upgrade for the CFM56s that power the A320 and B737NG families, the engine manufacturer intends to introduce the a further upgrade to those that power the Boeing product in late 2010 which should then be used as the baseline for…

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May 25, 2009
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GECAS Demonstrates That Aircraft Leasing is Still Profitable
Though lease rentals being applied to new deals may have suffered a significant fall over the last six months, the mix of old and new rates means that leasing still represents a profitable business. The first quarter results produced by GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) demonstrated the near 20 percent…

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May 11, 2009
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Rates Fail to Inspire
Just when it was thought that the market for older widebodies couldn’t get any worse, it has. The demand for older widebodies continues to wither on the vine such that there is little expectation of an improvement. The only way that lease rentals will rise is if the lease term…

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May 11, 2009
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Aircraft Values Experience Appreciable Fall
There exists a temptation to refute any talk of a fall in values in types that previously held the mantle of most popular. The values of the newer aircraft may not be experiencing a fall of the magnitude experienced by some types during this and other downturns but the trend…

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May 11, 2009
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