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Aircraft Archive: Airbus
Storage Costs Start to Mount
Nearly 50 percent of the worlds fleet have already been parked and more, particularly in the U.S., are scheduled to be placed into storage and the longer they remain in storage, the more difficult and expensive will be the return to service. With nearly a 1,000 B737 MAX aircraft in…

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April 14, 2020
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Values & Lease Rentals Suffer Catastrophic Fall
Recovery Dependent on Vaccine & Extent of Any Economic Winter Previously values and lease rentals were not regarded as being on the brink of a precipice, but indeed they were, and now values have mostly tumbled into the abyss although some types will be able to clamber out of the…

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March 30, 2020
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Aircraft Values in Economic Downturns
Any forecasting needs to draw upon past events. The industry has been through some seven major M events over the course of the last 50 years. The invasion of Kuwait in 1990 led to a significant decline in the global economy while the events of 2001 had a direct effect…

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March 30, 2020
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Fokker 100 Values May Survive A Little Longer
Having experienced a modest recovery a decade ago, values of the Fokker 100 then once again fell but the low price of fuel may allow the type to remain in service for a little longer assuming that COVID-19 allows some domestic services to remain in operation. The market for the…

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March 30, 2020
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Aircraft Asset Assessment
The Fokker 100 Market Presence. The total of 278 deliveries for the Fokker 100 represented something of a success for a European manufacturer though the number pales against the deliveries made by U.S. manufacturers and even Embraer and Bombardier. The orders secured from American, and the then USAirways, were considered…

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March 30, 2020
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Magnitude of “Temporary” Fall in Values Starts to be Calculated
Massive Drop in Fuel Price Will Not Overcome Collapse in Load Factors The fall in values due to COVID-19 is starting to be assessed as the effect on the market becomes more apparent with many airlines grounding or set to ground large swathes of their fleets due to lesser demand.…

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March 16, 2020
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Dash8-400 Values/Rentals Likely to be Impacted by FlyBe Collapse
The demise of FlyBe, who operated in excess of 50 Dash8-400s, represents a significant blow for values and lease rentals of the type. The 50+ Dash8-400 aircraft represent nearly 10 percent of the fleet 600. These will add to the 40+ that are already in storage taking the total to…

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March 16, 2020
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Rentals for Outgoing Widebodies Falter
The COVID-19 virus is having a significant effect on demand and it must be expected that long haul traffic utilizing widebody aircraft will be impacted the most. Existing lessees will likely continue to pay lease rentals but there are many operators that have already grounded a significant number of aircraft…

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March 16, 2020
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