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Aircraft Archive: Airbus AIRCRAFT
A350-900 and B787-9 Values Remain Strong
While the concern over B777-300ER and A330-300 net pricing for newly ordered aircraft continues to mount, the values of the new offerings in the form of the A350-900 and B787-9 are rising in real terms as in-service experience validates their ability to offer a competitive advantage over existing products. The…

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May 16, 2016
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Residuals of CSeries May Get Boost With “$26m” Delta Order
While the pricing of the CSeries is open to debate, as are the significant losses to be made on the examples to be made on the deliveries in the first years of the program, there can be little doubt that the Delta order for 75 CS100s represents a significant boost…

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May 16, 2016
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Airliner Type Business Jet Values Vary
The airliner size segment of the business jet market has fortunately been able to sidestep the vagaries of the wider market due to owners having sufficient resources to continue financing aircraft from internal resources or possessing the necessary creditworthiness. The airliner type market has been in existence for many years.…

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May 16, 2016
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Widebody Rentals Show Further Deterioration
The lack of demand for international airfreight has much to do with the weaker Chinese market as well as the competition from surface transport. There are however, still some areas that managing to exhibit growth. The narrowbody freighters are enjoying demand as a result of changing shopping habits and a…

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May 16, 2016
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Re-engined Premium Remains Valid
“Lower” Fuel Price Fails to Have Material Impact on Re-engined Values With the low price of fuel having prevailed for much longer than most anticipated, there has been concern that the premium applied to the new re-engined products would dissipate but to date there has been little evidence of a…

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May 16, 2016
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Aircraft Market Assessment
The B757-300 Market Presence. The final sales tally of the –300 at 55 represents a disappointment for Boeing. However, this needs to be placed into the context of an overall successful B757 program. With amortized development costs for the B757-200 no longer an issue, the potential profit margin for Boeing…

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May 16, 2016
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CSeries Pricing Becomes More Competitive After Bail Out
The bailout of Bombardier by the Quebec Government offers the potential for more competitive pricing though such is the scale of the development costs to date that there still exists insufficient margin to compete with the other manufacturers on the more attractive orders, as evidenced by the recent order for…

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May 2, 2016
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G650ER Bucks Trend as Pricing Still Comparable to Purchase Price
The pricing of the Gulfstream G650ER continues to be at odds with the more usual discounting of the heavy jets. The G650 was introduced into service in 2012 followed by the G650ER in 2013. The new price of the G650/G650ER amounts to approximately $65 million and therefore represents one of…

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May 2, 2016
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