FOR CURRENT &
FUTURE AIRCRAFT VALUES
Aircraft Archive: Airbus AIRCRAFT
Freighter Rates Remain Stable
The sustained demand for airfreight continues to allow freighter lease rentals to remain stable and may increase as there continues to be an imbalance between supply and demand. The need for dedicated freighters was always expected to be a feature of the market for at least another two years but…

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February 15, 2021
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Turboprop Values “Straight & Level”
The market for turboprops has some volatility but in general is reasonably stable with aircraft being traded and moved between operators. De Havilland (Longview Aviation Capital having acquired the brand in June 2019) is considering pausing production of the Dash8-400 but with less than 20 aircraft on backlog such a…

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February 15, 2021
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Narrowbody Values Struggle to Recover
Fragmented Slow Recovery Favors Newer Narrowbodies The recovery in at least narrowbody values continues to be stymied by the fragmented rollout of the vaccination program and the potential for fresh restrictions on travel as mutations pose additional threats to global health. The lowest point of the current crisis was nearly…

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February 15, 2021
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B777X Residuals Potentially Affected by “Firm” Order Contraction
The market for the B777X has been weaker than might be expected for some years, particularly in the context of such a number of B777-300ERs having been delivered and therefore ripe for replacement in the coming years, but the potential significant reduction in the orderbook may have repercussions for residual…

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February 15, 2021
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Lease Rental Recovery Stalled for At Least Another Six Months
Widebody Rates Suffer Most As Borders Close Due to New Viral Strains The modest recovery in lease rentals was due to gather some momentum in the coming months but the latest mutations of Covid are quickly closing borders and making travel so prescriptive as to dissuade passengers from all but…

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February 1, 2021
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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) and this has proved to be even more relevant in the Covid environment. The…

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February 1, 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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February 1, 2021
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Widebody Net Pricing Remains Subdued
“PAX VAX” Becomes Increasingly Likely As Delivery Rates Wither With orders for widebodies failing to advance and delivery rates being cut, Airbus and Boeing are having to contemplate significant discounting if production lines are to remain economically viable in the next few years. Despite the collapse of international air traffic…

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January 18, 2021
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