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Aircraft Archive: Airbus
A321ceo Values Decline by “Modest” Amount
Values of the A321ceo have suffered during the Covid Event although not as much as some types. By ordering large numbers of A320s, A321s, B737-800s and B737-900ERs in recent years the average size of narrowbodies has shifted higher which has negative implications for residual values of smaller aircraft. The lack…

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September 14, 2020
AVI
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
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
Values of the -8I Collapse
There are few occasions when the values of a type actually collapse but the B747-8I has experienced just such an event due to the Covid Event and the cessation of production. Just as the values of the A380 have experienced a catastrophic fall then so too have those of the…

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August 31, 2020
AVI
Residual Values of “In Production” Aircraft Stable in Next Three Years
While there is much focus on the decline in values over the last six months, there is a growing expectation of virtual stability and even improvement for values of aircraft in production in the next three years as the market makes extraordinary efforts to balance supply with demand. The extent…

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August 31, 2020
AVI
“Phoney War” Comes to Close for Lessors
The market for even newer narrowbodies remains dire with MAX orders being cancelled in their hundreds, dozens of customers seeking to defer deliveries, and lessors being deseiged by requests for lease rental deferals. To a large extent the worst is yet to come for lessors. While lessors have thus far…

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August 31, 2020
AVI