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Aircraft Archive: Airbus AIRCRAFT
Aircraft Asset Assessment
The A321-200 Market Presence. Appraisers’ opinions diverge in terms of the extent of the fall with some indicating very little decline while others suggest more than 20 percent. There are approximately 1,700 serviceable A321-200s of which are 1,106 are active. Of the 500 that are inactive some 100 are undergoing…

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September 14, 2020
AVI
Lessors Likely to Encourage ACMI Leases to Generate Revenue
The business model of the lessors may have been essentially static since Mr Hazy essentially founded the operating lease formula with a single DC8 in 1973 to Aeromexico but now the lessors are having to consider new means of generating revenue. The lessors are only at the start of a…

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September 14, 2020
AVI
Value Recovery Stymied by Stuttering International Market
Massive 92% Fall in July in International RPKs Points to Slow Recovery The recovery in values depends on the airlines not only flying more aircraft, more often but in carrying more passengers on every aircraft at profitable fare levels and as long as their exists an imbalance between one or…

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September 14, 2020
AVI
Appraisers Record Significant Falls Despite Absence of Transaction Data
Two more appraisers have recorded significant falls in values although with the absence of transaction data these remain theoretical. To date there has been a wide divergence of opinion as to the effect of the Covid Event on values with some appraisers indicating negligible impact versus others suggesting thirty percent…

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September 14, 2020
AVI
Spare Engine List Prices Bear Little Relevance to Market Prices
The engine manufacturers are continuing to increase list prices for spare engines which in turn is helping to maintain the value of used units. While the price paid by customers of installed engines is close to cost pricing the opposite is more likely when considering the price of spare engines.…

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September 14, 2020
AVI
Some Values Start to Recover as Aircraft Return to Service
At Least Third of Commercial Jets Remain Idle The market is showing signs of improving but there continues to be an ebb and flow as enforcement measures are relaxed and then reinstated thus impacting consumer confidence and forcing operators to cut back capacity once again. With the U.S. domestic market…

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August 31, 2020
AVI
Values of Business Jets Declines Despite Return of Flights
Orders and delivery rates for business jets have inevitably been impacted by the Covid Event but the decline in values appears to be at odds with the recovery of the business jet market at least in terms of the number of business jet flights. There has been a natural move…

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August 31, 2020
AVI
Parting Out Values Plummet as Supply Increases & Demand Falls
The parting out of aircraft used to realize large sums not least because of the value of the engines, the retained fleet, and the cost of new components but this is no longer the case as supply has dramatically increased, cannibalization of inactive aircraft increases and as utilization falls. To…

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August 31, 2020
AVI