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Aircraft Archive: Airbus AIRCRAFT
B757 Values Further Exposed As AMR/US Airways Merge
The result of the merger between American Airlines and US Airways will create the world’s largest airline but may also cause some problems for fleet integration and therefore values. The merger of the two airlines will see the approximate 600 aircraft of American and the 350 of US Airways being…

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February 25, 2013
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Values of Regional Jets Offer Good Returns
Just as the product line up for mainline aircraft is undergoing a fundamental change during the course of this decade so too are regional jets. In the next few years the CSeries and the MRJ will have entered service to be followed by the re-engined E-Jet family from Embraer. The…

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February 25, 2013
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Values of Freighters Remain in Doldrums
Though there are signs that the market is picking up the reported request by Cargolux to defer B747-8F orders suggests that the market is not expected to grow rapidly in the short term. The peak Christmas period has moved into the off peak first quarter. IATA data saw a net…

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February 25, 2013
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…..But Values of E-Jets Not Affected By Production Slowdown – Yet
The slowdown in the production of the E-Jets for 2013 has not undermined values of the type but in the event that orders fail to materialize during the period through to the service entry of the re-engined aircraft later this decade, residuals may be impacted. Boeing may be struggling to…

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February 25, 2013
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Static A320 Production During Transition Should Aid Values
With Airbus seeking to avoid straining the A320 family supply chain during the transition period through to the production of the A320neo, some of the concern over the effects of “excessive” delivery rates on aircraft values should be alleviated. Airbus now indicates that the production rate for the A320 family…

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February 11, 2013
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B737-900ER Values Stable At Present
The number of orders placed for the -900ER in recent years has increased by a considerable amount but unfortunately the depth and breadth of the operator and customer base still lags behind that of the A321. In the spring of 2001, Boeing started studying the possibility of a -900X featuring…

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February 11, 2013
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Lease Rentals Stabilize
The lease rentals of many newer narrowbodies have managed to stop falling and now appear to be in a period of stabilization with the potential for some improvement. While there continues to be a number of aircraft on the market, the demand for newer aircraft from all regions in recent…

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February 11, 2013
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Values of Existing Aircraft Only Likely to Stabilize With Recovery
Changing Product Line Will Temper Any Potential Increase The shoots of global economic recovery appear to be emerging which raises the question of whether values will also rise as might be hoped. The expansion of the world economy in the period 2004-2007 saw a net rise in the values of…

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February 11, 2013
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