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Mixed Fortunes for B747-200F Values

The high price of fuel is naturally turning cargo operators away from the B747-200F though there remains sufficient activity involving the type to allow values to remain stable. The need for cargo space remains strong but sufficient competition exists to ensure that the aircraft used offer the greatest efficiency. The…

By: Aircraft Value Intelligence

September 3, 2007

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A320 Conversion Program Momentum Underlines Threat to Residuals

The conversion of the A320 has been mooted for some years but the project is now at a point that a launch customer is to be announced, highlighting the need for realism with respect to A320 residuals. The A320 has been in continuous production for some 20 years and conversion…

By: Aircraft Value Intelligence

September 3, 2007

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Despite Strong Market Values Keep Falling

Values of older widebodies continue to face weakness as the effects of higher maintenance and operating costs take precedence over lack of newer products. The cost of reconfiguring the older widebodies is such that there are few owners willing to undertake the task. A widebody can cost between $5-10 million…

By: Aircraft Value Intelligence

August 20, 2007

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Values of B737-300 Remain Stable

The rise in lease rentals over the course of the last few years has eventually led to a slight improvement in values. B737-300 Vital Statistics LAUNCH Mar-81 FIRST FLIGHT Feb-84 SERVICE ENTRY Nov-84 ORDERS 09/03 1,113 DELIVERIES 09/03 1,113 AVAILABILITY 14 OPERATORS 123 ENGINE TYPES CFM56 IN STORAGE 37…

By: Aircraft Value Intelligence

August 20, 2007

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Aircraft Asset Assessment: The B737-300

Market Presence. There can be no ignoring the vast number of operators and the suitability of the type to a wide range of operations. Although production may have ceased many years ago, the proven reliability of the type combined with relatively low maintenance costs ensures that the type remains a…

By: Aircraft Value Intelligence

August 20, 2007

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Engine Residuals Shrug Off Concerns Over Technology Leap Frog

The concern over global warming and the prospect of relatively rapid advances in engine technology have the potential to undermine the demand for existing engine models in the long term. With the service entry of the B787 comes new-generation engines, ones which can only draw such heritage from existing engine…

By: Aircraft Value Intelligence

August 20, 2007

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Potential A340 Scrapping Increases Need for Residual Risk

Parting Out Fortunately Unusual So Early in Life Cycle The first possible parting out of an A340-300 underlines the fragility of widebody residuals, particularly when assuming service lives can be 30 years or more. The A340-300 being considered for parting out is owned by lessor, AerCap. The aircraft, serial number…

By: Aircraft Value Intelligence

August 20, 2007

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Full-Life Maintenance Adjustments Cause Problems for Residuals

The increased use of full-life maintenance adjustments at the end of leases offers considerable financial engineering benefits but is increasingly serving to distort long-term residual values. Residual values have traditionally assumed that the aircraft will be retuned in the equivalent of half-life condition. The airframe for example will be half…

By: Aircraft Value Intelligence

August 20, 2007

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