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Rising Fuel Prices Puts Temporary Brake on Value Improvement
Load Factors Slip As Capacity Increases Preventing Rise In Values The recovery in values is beginning to lose momentum as the market starts to suffer from the effects of higher fuel prices, leaving the fate of used aircraft in limbo. The price of jet fuel has risen significantly over the…

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March 14, 2011
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MD11F Values Slip Despite Still Positive Cargo Growth
The appetite for the MD11F continues to be reflect the contradictory forces at work for the airfreight sector where growth is still being recorded but where consistency has recently has been elusive. Troubled Transmile of Malaysia has sold all four of its MD11SFs to FedEx for a price significantly below…

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March 14, 2011
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Turboprop Values Continue to be Stable
Orders for turboprops have improved recently, and with the hike in the price of fuel, operators will again consider the aircraft as protection against such cost increases. ATR recorded a total of 80 orders in 2010, comprising 75 ATR72s and five ATR42s. This compares with only 40 orders in 2009.…

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March 14, 2011
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Widebody Values Exhibit Sporadic Recovery
The world economy has improved and the development of international traffic continues apace, particularly in Asia and values are either stable or rising as a result. The weather associated problems, particularly in the U.S. continue to affect the bottom line as does the price of fuel. The widebody aircraft are…

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February 14, 2011
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Wave Goodbye to the B747-200B
For the second time in just over two years, the spike in fuel prices has sealed the fate of the B747-200B, a fate that has been evident since 2001. With the rise in the price of fuel and the availability of alternative products, the market for older widebodies has become…

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February 14, 2011
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Medium Corporate Jet Residuals Could Shift With New Cessna Offerings
With the development of new products in the super light and medium sized business jet sector by Cessna, there exists the possibility that residual values of existing products could be impacted as customers seek to trade-in aircraft. While yet to formally announce the move to introduce new types, in seeking…

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February 14, 2011
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A330-300 Values Remain Strong as Production Increases by 25%
Values of A330-300 Continue to Outperform Most Other Widebodies The increase in production of the A330-300 should come as no surprise in view of the increased demand for the larger A330 variant in recent years which has facilitated current and short to medium term residual values a level of improvement…

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February 14, 2011
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Value of C919 Starts to Infiltrate Western Philosophy
After a decade of product consistency the narrowbody sector is in a state of flux as a result of the A320NEO, musings over a replacement for the B737NG and now greater interest in the Comac C919. Launched on September 9th 2009, the Comac (Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China) carries the…

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February 14, 2011
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