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Aircraft Archive: Airbus A320
Used Simulator Values Face Contradictory Pressures
At a price of some $15 million a new simulator represents a sizeable investment for airlines and dedicated facilities such that orders for new simulators have been few in number in recent years. At a time when record deliveries of aircraft are being made, the number of new simulator deliveries…

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July 5, 2010
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More B767-300ERs Destined for Conversion at “$30 million” Each
The problems facing the B767-300ER have been further highlighted by the acquisition of three units from Qantas for conversion to freighter. The three aircraft – two of 1988 vintage and one of 1994 – have been acquired by Air Transport Services Group (ATSG). Featuring CF6-80C2B6 engines and a higher MTOW,…

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July 5, 2010
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Values Of A318 Continue to Fall
With only 83 orders and 73 deliveries the appetite for the A318 is clearly limited though much better than for the B737-600. Even the departure of the B7347-600 and B717 from the competition ring did not lead to improved market conditions for the A318. With a virtually static order book…

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July 5, 2010
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Assumptions
The listing of current and future values are 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 for April 30 th 2010 current values…

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June 21, 2010
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Improvement in Distressed Discounting Indicator of Recovery
Not All Aircraft See Reduction in Fire Sale Discounting The level of discounting being applied to current market values to achieve a sale within a very limited time frame has begun to ease as values approach the trough of the cycle. Airbus                           Apr-10 Jan-10 Apr-09 Jun-08 Jun-07 May-06 May-05 Apr-04…

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June 7, 2010
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New A320s Continue To Attract Values Approximating $40 million
With the relative improvement in the market conditions, there exists a temptation to consider increasing values, particularly for new examples, but such is the fragility and vulnerability of airline industry that any such move is premature. The planned and potential rise in production rates by Airbus and Boeing may be…

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June 7, 2010
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B737-800 Values Remain The Strongest
For the second downturn in a row the values of the B737-800 have remained among the strongest except that in contrast to the previous trough values have managed to fall by more than 25 percent. In late 2007, a 1998 B737-800LGW was worth nearly $33 million. Today the value more…

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June 7, 2010
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Aircraft Asset Assessment: B737-800
Market Presence. The design of the B737-800 still owes much to the original B737 of the 1960s. While Boeing has made considerable improvements to the basic design, the result is more of a comparable, rather than a more advanced product when compared to the A320 family. For once Boeing failed…

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June 7, 2010
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