Aircraft Value News [February 09, 2015] -

Issue: February 09, 2015

Aircraft Asset Assessment: A340-300

Market Presence. The A340-300 has previously provided operators with considerable operating flexibility. The four-engine configuration, combined with long haul capability, opened up a number of routes unable to support either the larger B777-300ER or the ETOPs constrained twin engined B777-200ER. The –300 has CFM56-5 engines while the new A340-500 and…

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Aircraft in Storage Continue to Warrant Significant Discounts

The number of 50 seat regional jets in storage runs into hundreds representing a major portion of the fleet and inevitably values continue to be affected by such an excess. The number of CRJ100/200s in storage is approximately 200 with some suggestions that as many as 250 are parked. With…

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A340-300 Values Achieve Measure of Stability

The fall in the price of fuel has played an important part of forestalling any further sharp decline in values of the A340-300. Indeed operators are actually seeking out units. The four engined configuration for medium sized widebodies had been overtaken by events such that values of existing units have…

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Record Orders Fail to Advance Values

Even though Boeing had a good year for widebody orders – Airbus less so – and deliveries are increasing there is a sense that any rise in values needs to be seen in the context of lower fuel prices, at least temporarily. Values and Ratings courtesy of The Aircraft Value…

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Twin Turbine Helicopter Values Face Pressures

The fall in the price of fuel has inevitably had a knock on effect on the demand patterns for helicopters which ultimately has implications for values. There exists a more direct correlation between the demand for helicopters from the energy sector to the price of oil. Approximately 20 percent of…

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No Reprieve for B767-300ER Values

The fall in the price of fuel should provide some temporary solace for out of production widebodies but the B767-300ER has already been reprieved in previous years. Though the price of oil continues to fluctuate it remains sufficiently low as to potentially allow operators to contemplate taking advantage of lease…

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February 9, 2015

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Mid Life Aircraft Rentals Edge Down

While there continues to be exceptional demand for narrowbodies the mid life aircraft (MLA) are available in greater numbers which is perhaps seeing a slight drop in rentals, albeit compounded by the prospect of lower interest rates for longer than previously expected. www.aircraftvalues.net or www.aircraftvalues.com. Rates are quoted in thousands…

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Turboprop Values Remain Stable Despite Fall in Price of Fuel

The values of turboprops continue to remain stable despite the fall in the price of oil with even a large order for the 50 seat ATR42-600 being suggested. The year 2014 proved to be another boom year for ATR. ATR saw orders for 160 aircraft compared to 83 deliveries. In…

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Lease Rates Seek To Avoid Airline Fragility

The problems being experienced by the Russian airlines coupled with the vulnerability of some other airlines has the potential to lead the less experienced lessors to place aircraft at lower rates as a means of simply securing placement. The growth in the leasing of aircraft has been mostly fuelled in…

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