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Aircraft Archive: Airbus AIRCRAFT
B757 Residuals Look Increasingly Fragile
While conversions of the B757 to freighter are still taking place so too are parting outs indicating that the market for the type is weakening. Values of the B757 have been stable in the last few years. Between 2016-2017 values fell by only some four percent, half the average annual…

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September 4, 2017
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Lease Rentals Remain Stable
Even as the market enters into the off peak season when some operators seek to offload surplus capacity during the Northern Hemisphere winter months, the market for lease rentals has remained stable. There has been a notable casualty – airBerlin. The airBerlin Group comprises over 150 aircraft and is therefore…

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September 4, 2017
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Long Term Residuals Need to Reflect Changing Market Structure
Residual values typically project forward for 20 years or even longer but to assume that the current status quo will persist for such a length of time fails to appreciate how markedly the demand for existing aircraft can change over such a timeframe and how values and lease rentals will…

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September 4, 2017
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Aircraft Asset Assessment
Market Presence. Qantas Airlink, Delta, Hawaiian, Turkmenistan and Volotea are the only operators of the B717. The lack of success for the B717 has little to do with its performance and capability. The ruggedness of the design has made it ideal for short haul operations. In-service experience has also proven…

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September 4, 2017
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Most Aircraft Types Show Some Decline in Lease Rentals
Competition Among Lessors Continues to Affect Rates The profits being secured by the lessors continues to range between 10-20 percent underlining the relative attraction of aircraft leasing compared other asset classes with DAE becoming the latest to buy another lessor, AWAS, at what may seem a premium. As a proportion…

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August 21, 2017
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Lease Encumbered Current Market Values
As the number of aircraft traded on a standalone basis diminishes, aircraft values are increasingly needing to assess the value of the attached lease – the Lease Encumbered Current Market Value (LECMV) or Securitized Value (SV). The number and more importantly, the proportion of aircraft being leased has been increasing…

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August 21, 2017
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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 21, 2017
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Regional Jet Rentals Take Note of New Types
The lease rentals of the regional jets have enjoyed considerable stability – and indeed a premium – over the last few years but with the arrival of new types and an advancing age profile perhaps there is the potential for some deterioration for the older 70-80 seaters examples in particular.…

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August 7, 2017
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