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Aircraft Archive: Airbus A320
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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May 14, 2018
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Market Favors New Aircraft As Fuel Rises
The market for the narrowbodies remains strong at least for the newer aircraft types largely because of the sustained above trend passenger growth. IATA reported a 7.6 percent growth in passenger traffic in February although IATA does not represent all airlines. This compares with the average of approximately 5.5 percent…

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April 30, 2018
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Stability (Mostly) for Values & Rentals as Indicators Remain Positive
Replacement Models Continue to Erode Values of Outgoing Models The trend for commercial jet aircraft values and lease rentals generally remains positive as the Northern Hemisphere moves towards the peak season although not all types are managing to avoid a significant decline. The factors that can impact values encompass GDP,…

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April 16, 2018
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Lessors Seek to Minimize Widebody Reconfiguration Costs
Costs Can Be Contained by Advanced Planning The lessors have always tended to shy away from leasing the larger widebodies because of the more limited remarketing opportunities and the sometimes substantial reconfiguration costs and extended timescales when moving aircraft between lessees. The narrowbodies usually require little reconfiguration not least because…

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March 19, 2018
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Regional Aircraft List Prices Correlate Better With Net Prices
But Average Discount is Still in Excess of 40 Percent While the list prices published by the manufacturers of larger commercial jets continue to present a substantive disconnect with the values of new aircraft, the list prices of regional jet makers have better, if still divergent, correlation. The difference between…

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March 5, 2018
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Aircraft Asset Assessment - B737-800
Market Presence. In the context of re-engining from both manufacturers, the effect on residual values of the A320 and B737 has been relatively modest in terms of deviation from previous projections. While re-engining offers improvement, it is more incremental than evolutionary. If the difference between the existing model and the…

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March 5, 2018
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B737-800 Values Weaken Slightly But Still Favored
The B737-800 may have been in service for some 20 years but even the oldest examples are still able to command double digit values. The B737-800 has managed to retain the crown for so many years and still achieves top billing but as the product life cycle extends and newer…

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March 5, 2018
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Rentals of New Narrowbodies Under Pressure
The demand for narrwbodies remains strong buoyed by traffic growth around the world and in spite of somes corporate failures such as Airberlin and Monarch. The lease rentals for mid life aircraft therefore remains essentially stable but as lessors seek to add equipment through sale and leasebachs they have willing…

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March 5, 2018
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