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Aircraft Archive: Airbus AIRCRAFT
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The B747-400F Market Presence. The value of freighters during the Covid event have remained largely unchanged, contrasting sharply with the passenger examples. The extent of reduction has been no more than ten percent when compared to the last quarter of 2019 such that in real terms, the decline is perhaps…

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October 26, 2020
AVI
Long Term Narrowbody Residuals Start to Take Note of Hydrogen Power
While the Covid Event is naturally the focus of attention with regard to current market values, residual value calculations, projecting some 20 years into the future, are increasingly having to take note of the change in technology and the inevitable move towards a more environmentally means of powering the majority…

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October 26, 2020
AVI
Values Set to Improve Once Mass Vaccination Initiated
Recovery in Values Centers on Newer Aircraft The last six months has seen an unprecedented collapse in air traffic resulting in the contraction of many airlines, the storage, repossession, return and disposal of many aircraft - newer and older – but with the probability that a vaccination will be approved…

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October 26, 2020
AVI
Air Canada B737-8 Sale & Leaseback Sees Unit Price of “$40 million”
The sale and leaseback of nine B737-8 aircraft by Air Canada not only highlights the need for operators to continue to extract the most from their assets to overcome financial weakness but also the discounting that the type attracts. Air Canada announced in early October that a total of nine…

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October 26, 2020
AVI
Widebody Rentals Flounder Despite Modest Route Restoration
Lessees Contract Operations As International Traffic Remains Weak The massive layoffs by American and United Airlines underscores the unprecedented difficulties of the airlines and the need for fleet contractions, particularly with respect to international operations. The issue for the airlines is that the Covid Event has been affecting operations for…

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October 12, 2020
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Nepal Seeks to Seal Sale of Only B757-200C for $5.7 Million
The market for freighters is one of the few areas for optimism during the Covid Event as the deal between Nepal Airlines and CSDS Aircraft Sales and Leasing demonstrates. The deal is edging towards completion with the purchase price remaining at pre-Covid levels. The purchase price of $5.7 million was…

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October 12, 2020
AVI
Long Term Storage Adds to Aircraft Discounting
The values of aircraft placed into long term storage are increasingly being discounted over and above Covid Event reductions due to the cost and administration involved in returning the aircraft to service. The values of most aircraft have been adversely affected by the Covid Event but for the younger aircraft…

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October 12, 2020
AVI
Turboprop Rentals Stable After Weakness
The market for turboprops is something of a conundrum. On the one hand, the domestic and short haul sectors have been able to recover that much sooner than other sectors but at the same time the propensity for air travel, the limited leisure industry and the absence of business travel…

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October 12, 2020
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