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Aircraft Archive: Bombardier
Strong Helicopter Values Offer Opportunities for Lessors
Despite recent groundings of some helicopter types the market for helicopters remains strong with the prospect of sustained growth and demand in the short to medium term. Helicopters have a long useful life – if correctly maintained. Many helicopters built 50 years ago are still in service. However, if they…

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February 10, 2014
AVI
Distressed Value Discounting Eases – For Some
The level of discounting needed to dispose of aircraft on a distressed – or fire sale – has gradually eased for some more popular aircraft types but deteriorated for many out of production models. The ISTAT definition of a distressed value is “Distress Value, Forced Sale Value, Liquidation Value are…

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February 10, 2014
AVI
A320 Rates Continue to Rise
Despite exhibiting a fall a year ago the lease rentals of the A320 are enjoying a slight improvement such that rates of approximately $340,000 per month may be secured for new aircraft. www.aircraftvalues.net or www.aircraftvalues.com. Rates are quoted in thousands of US dollars per month and exclude maintenance reserves. They…

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February 10, 2014
AVI
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February 10, 2014
AVI
Lease Rental Matrix Sees Shift to Longer Terms As Market Improves
The LRM (Lease Rental Matrix), which determines the average lease length and the adjustment to quoted lease rentals to reflect longer or shorter terms, has seen an extension to average terms as demand continues to outstrip supply. The LRM has been constant for the last two years but lessors are…

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February 10, 2014
AVI
Older Widebodies Face Downward Pressure
The continued enthusiasm for the newer generation of widebodies is inevitably partly at the expense of the older types. In contrast to the improving market conditions of a nearly a decade ago and those of the mid 1990s, the international carriers continue to seek yield improvement rather than absolute market…

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February 10, 2014
AVI
Asset Values of DC10-30 Long Since Evaporated
There are so few -30s in airline service that this will be the last time that the type will be covered as assigning asset values to the aircraft has been irrelevant for years. The combination of age, reliability and high fuel prices have continued to ensure that the DC10-30 has…

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January 27, 2014
AVI
70 & 120 Seaters Principal Change in AVACs Aircraft Ratings
The alteration in Aircraft Ratings over the last months reflects the way in which the market structure and product line is likely to change in the coming seven years, exposing the weakness of some types that may currently be held in high regard. The changes between April and October 2013…

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January 27, 2014
AVI