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Aircraft Archive: Airbus A340-500
VVIP Aircraft Values Ease Down
The market for VVIP aircraft, whereby airliner types are modified, is perhaps just as relevant not least because of the ability to once again to fly to many previously Covid affected destinations. The number of conversions remains small but with the availability of so many unwanted passenger aircraft then there…

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February 14, 2022
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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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January 31, 2022
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VVIPs Still de rigueur
There is a certain irony that the COP26 Environment meeting being held in Glasgow, Scotland, is seeing so many VVIP aircraft parked at Glasgow Airport. The very myriad of VVIP aircraft being used for the conference points to a sustained need for the type by not only governments but more…

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November 8, 2021
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Will the A340-600 Still Be Flying in Five Years?
The answer is probably given the reliance of Iran on the type. The aircraft had previously been withdrawn from service in virtually its entirety but today there are approximately ten in service with another 62 in storage. In April 2020 the entire Lufthansa fleet of 17 aircraft was sent to…

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October 11, 2021
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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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A340-300 Values Stuttered in Face of B777-200ER
Despite having entered service only a few years before the B777-200ER, as soon as the new Boeing twin engined aircraft arrived, the fate of the A340-300 was effectively sealed. The B9 and B11 concepts of the 1970’s however saw the former with a larger fuselage than the A300 still powered…

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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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