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Aircraft Archive: Airbus AIRCRAFT
B777X Values Face Challenges in New Market Structure
The residual values of the B777-9 have always been predicated on the basis of the type being a replacement for the B777-300ER as well as meeting traffic growth, thereby generating hundreds of orders but with a change in the market structure this may see a shift away from the type…

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December 7, 2020
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No Recovery Yet for Widebody Rentals
The inability of airlines to restore reliable in international routes continues to hamper the recovery of widebody rentals. Thus far the domestic market has enjoyed a measure of recovery but not so international services, particularly long haul. The demand for widebodies remains weak with many still being used as “preighters”.…

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December 7, 2020
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Values Stutter as Storage Levels Remain High
The values of the -300 have suffered a significant decline due to the Covid Event but they were already under pressure before then as a result of the arrival of the A330-900 and greater availability on the used market. The market for the type remains difficult as there are over…

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December 7, 2020
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Aircraft Asset Assessment - A330-300
Market Presence. The A330-300 at last served to throw off the adverse perceptions that sometimes plague Airbus widebody values. In terms of residual values, for the short to medium term the A330-300 initially proved to be among the top smaller widebody performers though these have fallen in recent years as…

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December 7, 2020
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Loan to Value Ratios Fall As Lenders Seek to Minimize Risk
The demise of the aircraft value cycle was much exaggerated prior to the Covid Event and the return of volatility has inevitably caused the flight of many investors away from aircraft financing with those remaining, demanding risk averse loan to value (LTV) ratios. The Covid Event has impacted aircraft values…

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December 7, 2020
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B777F Values Experience Modest Improvement
The sustained grounding of many international passenger flights continues to focus demand on dedicated freighters although “preighters” are still in widespread use. The number of flights performed with a B747 freighter in March was 34% higher than in February, as the freight carried on this type increased by 48%. The…

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November 23, 2020
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Recovery in Commercial Flights Stalls Constraining Value Improvement
Even as announcements regarding a vaccine provide a means of ending the crisis, the aviation market continues to show only a modest improvement thus preventing values and lease rentals from showing any meaningful recovery. On the 16th November 2020, there were 59,675 commercial flights, including freighters and preighters. This compared…

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November 23, 2020
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Weak Demand Forces Lessors Into Power by Hour (PBH) Deals
PBH Arrangements Now More Common The dire market conditions continue to make the market extremely difficult for the lessors seeking to remarket aircraft that have been returned due to corporate collapse, lease expiry, repossession, replaced by newer types. Traditionally, approximately ten percent of a lessors portfolio will need to be…

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November 23, 2020
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