Aircraft Value News [March 10, 2003] -

Issue: March 10, 2003

Thai Buy Sees Heavy B747-400 Discounting

Acquisition Points To Market Activity in Troubled Segment The memorandum of understanding signed between troubled United Airlines and Star Alliance partner Thai Airways for the purchase of up to seven used B47-400s for a reported average unit price of under $50 million indicates that a market does exist for the…

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March 10, 2003

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Change to B737-900X Spurs Development At Expense of -900 Values

Values of the -900, already hit hard by a stalled order book, are likely to suffer from the long awaited -900X, the new variant that could launched during the second or third quarter. Orders for the -900 have largely stagnated at some 50 units. Even for a minor variant of…

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March 10, 2003

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Older Widebody Values Continue to Slide

The residual values of the older widebodies do not face an uncertain future - their continued demise is a certainty. As young B747-400s may be snapped up for less than $50 million, and in view of the ready supply of both new and used modern widebodies, it seems unlikely that…

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March 10, 2003

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Turboprop Values Face Adverse Pressure Again

After an all too brief period of stability, values of turboprops seem once more to be cursed by uncertainty. The realities of the new aviation structure have yet to be fully appreciated by the U.S. airline industry; as a result, the core obstacles to improvement have not been removed. The…

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March 10, 2003

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