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Aircraft Archive: Bombardier
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November 9, 2009
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The Dash 8-400
Market Presence. As a turboprop the Dash8-400 was previously inevitably tarnished by the general perception that the age of the turboprop has been consigned to history. The incidents involving the landing gears caused values to temporarily falter. The view that the era of the turboprop was at an end was…

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November 9, 2009
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Residuals of 70-90 Seat Regional Jets Need to Be Aware of New Powerplant
The target date of 2015 for a new engine capable of powering 70-90 seat regional jets has considerable implications for residual values of the current 70-90 seat aircraft, specifically the CRJ700 and E-170. GE is developing a major upgrade to the CF34, initially dubbed the NG34, as a replacement for…

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November 9, 2009
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October 26, 2009
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The DC10-30
Market Presence. The surprise is that there are still DC10-30s in service. Gone are such flag carrier names as British Airways, SAS, Sabena, Swissair, Lufthansa, MAS, Northwest, Thai. The operator base of the –30, a prime consideration when assessing current and future values, has declined between year-end 1990 and 2008…

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October 26, 2009
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Potential Ryanair Order Likely to See Lesser Discounting
Any order for 200 aircraft is likely to see significant discounting but Ryanair is not likely to achieve the same degree of discounting that it secured in early 2002 when it placed a similar order with Boeing. Ryanair is still reportedly paying something like $35 million for B737-800s being delivered…

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October 26, 2009
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Values of Older Aircraft Unlikely to Recover
Values of Newer Aircraft Expected To See Some Improvement by 2011 With the deepest point of the current recession for aircraft values expected to occur during the winter of 2009/2010, the focus of attention is now on which aircraft types will manage to stage a recovery – and when. In…

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October 26, 2009
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Second Delay to Service Entry of B747-8F Does Little for Values
The second delay to the service entry of the B747-8F should offer some respite for the beleaguered freighter market given the mammoth capacity of the new aircraft but such is the over-capacity in this sector that values of freighter remain fragile and vulnerable. The arrival of the peak season for…

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October 26, 2009
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