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Aircraft Archive: Airbus A320NEO
Market Values Achieve Stability - Mostly
The market may be suffering from a plethora of corporate collapses but thus far the workhorses of the narrowbody fleet – the A320 and B737-800 – are enjoying some stability in values. The market for airlines is not positive. While demand is still high and load factors are at near…

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May 27, 2019
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Upgrading Older VVIPs Difficult to Finance
The market for airliners in VVIP configuration continues to remain limited which is good for sellers. During the whole of 2018 Airbus delivered a single A320ACJ while Boeing delivered two BBJs, two BBJ MAX8s and two B777-300ERs (VVIP). The Boeing deliveries reflected the sustained demand for a limited number of…

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May 13, 2019
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A220 Financing Becomes Easier As Confidence In Residuals Improves
To date some of sales of the CSeries (A220) may have been difficult to secure because of the potential problems in finding finance. This created a circle of uncertainty as fewer orders increased the potential risk for lenders due to a limited operator base and therefore remarketing opportunities. This concern…

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May 13, 2019
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Narrowbody Rentals Still Low Even With Strong Demand
Shortage Exists Despite Corporate Failures Demand for seats remains strong with January recording a growth rate of 6.5 percent and as such operators are needing to acquire additional capacity but lease rates for narrowbodies continue to be at odds with such growth - except of course where airlines are needing…

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April 1, 2019
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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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April 1, 2019
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Interest Rates & Competition Keep Lid on Rentals
The leasing market has been dominated by low interest rates for over a decade and even though there have been various indications that rates were set to rise the rise has only been modest in comparison with expectations. Lease rental factors (LRFs) express the montly lease rental as a percent…

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March 4, 2019
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A320ceo and B737-800 Values Remain Stable
With less than 70 A320ceos remaining to be delivered and only 26 B737-800s on backlog, it would be expected that values would be falling by more than average but the last year has seen a relatively modest fall. As of the end of January 2019 there had been 4770 orders…

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March 4, 2019
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Residual Value Risk Increasing As Rentals Remain Weak
Competition & Lessee Difficulties Raises Prospect of Future Impairment The competition among lessors continues to be intense with lease rentals for both narrowbodies and widebodies lower than lessors would wish or desire. For the lessors to achieve security and to be able to finance expansion and replacement aircraft, the majority…

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February 18, 2019
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