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Aircraft Archive: Airbus A318
More B747-8s Destined to be used for VVIPs
The market for airliner sized business and VIP jets is expected to increase given the need for dedicated transports that offer services that commercial passenger aircraft cannot provide. Earlier in 2021 Korean Air ferried a B747-8 to Hamburg Helmut Schmidt airport for conversion into a VIP transport. Despite being less…

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August 16, 2021
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Assumptions
The table is published on an annual basis and complements the quarterly updates to specific aircraft categories. The table encompasses both current and future lease rentals. The methodology involved in calculating lease rentals differs from that of values. Lease rentals display greater volatility. Rentals are calculated individually and are not…

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August 2, 2021
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Semi-Annual Jet Aircraft Current Market Value Assumptions
The listing of current and future values is based on the year of build. The essential assumption is that the aircraft are being sold as a single unit and between a willing seller and willing buyer for cash. The high and low figures represent adjustments for offer and sale prices,…

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July 5, 2021
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A318 Values Fail to Advance
The values of the A318 exhibited a major fall in percentage as a result of the Covid Event and there has not been any evidence of a recovery with the reverse being more likely. At least eighteen out of 80 produced had been scrapped even before the Covid Event and…

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June 21, 2021
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Aircraft Asset Assessment
Market Presence. Values have fallen and continue to do so even as aircraft are scrapped and parked. As a member of the A320 family, technology is not an issue for the A318. The interior of the A318, providing a wider diameter than the competition, is attractive for corporate customers so…

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June 21, 2021
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Value of Newer Types Experience Improvement
Fourteen months ago, in April 2020, the market was at its weakest due to the Covid Event. It was therefore in April 2020 that values fell by the greatest amount although there may have been a temptation to reduce values on an incremental basis for a variety of reasons. The…

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June 21, 2021
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Newer Narrowbody Rates Start Recovery in Earnest
The lease rentals for narrowbodies have inevitably been severely affected by the Covid Event and lessors have reported reduced income levels but as the market begins to recover from the depths of a year ago rates are increasing again, at least for the newer aircraft types. The lessors have had…

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May 24, 2021
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Airbus Deliveries More VIP Aircraft
Despite the Covid Event, Airbus managed to deliver five VIP aircraft during 2020, four more than Boeing. The five Airbus aircraft comprised a A320ceo, two A320neo’s and two A350s for the German Air Force. This compares with a single B787-8 for Boeing. Airbus has been promoting the VVIP variants of…

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April 26, 2021
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