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Aircraft Archive: Bombardier
Say Goodbye
The combination of age, reliability and high fuel prices have continued to ensure that the DC10-30 has been displaced to the sidelines such that the passing of the type is imminent. The recent improved fortunes of the B767-300ER hark back to the late 1980s when the rapid expansion of the…

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October 26, 2009
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Aircraft Asset Assessment

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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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Latest Biz Jet Forecast Sees Limited Short Term Recovery
The rate of fall in the price of business jets may have slowed in recent months but with more than 16 percent of the worlds business jet fleet still being advertised for sale, the excess will forestall a return to 1,000 deliveries per year. The year 2008 saw a record…

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October 12, 2009
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Freighters Rentals Wait for Traffic Rebound
The drop in airfreight continues with IATA reporting a year on year fall. The reading of airfreight traffic levels will become increasingly complicated as a year ago traffic was already sliding. Comparing forthcoming monthly figures with those of a year ago will increasingly see lesser falls but will mask the…

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October 12, 2009
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Widebody Values Continue to Face Difficult Times
While there are well intentioned or vested interest attempts to talk up the state of the market, widebody values in general continue to falter such that the last six months is likely to have seen another ten percent fall. Some regions continue to report reasonable growth but this is either…

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October 12, 2009
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A330-200 Values Dip Amid Sustained Demand
The weaker market conditions have taken their toll on the values of the A330-200 and the premium previously applied to the type has dissipated amid a sense of realism. The delay in the development of the B787, as well as the elongated service entry of the A350, has led to…

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October 12, 2009
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