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Aircraft Archive: Bombardier
Bumper Year For Boeing Points To Strong Values
The market for the newer narrowbodies remains as strong as ever, if not stronger, owing to the extended backlog and sustained traffic growth. In 2006, Boeing secured 729 net orders for the B737NG compared with 569 in the previous year. With just over 300 B737NG deliveries during 2006, the backlog…

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January 22, 2007
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Turboprop Rentals Manage To Rise
The lease rentals of turboprops continued to reflect the overall demand in the market and have therefore exhibited a modest rise. Though fuel prices have eased slightly, the seeming new-found economics of the turboprop continue to be held in high regard. The fuel efficiency of the turboprop over shorter sectors…

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January 22, 2007
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B737-600 Values Experience Progressive Fall
The dismal display of the B737-600 orderbook, contrasting with the experience of the -700 and -800, continues to warrant a fall in values. Values of the -600 were placed "On Watch" status six years ago and to all intents, the variant has become marginalized. Marginalization indicates considerable difficulty in placing…

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January 22, 2007
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Aircraft Asset Assessment
The B737-600 Market Presence. In developing the B737NG Boeing created another more than capable product. Range, operating costs and interior flexibility have all been addressed. However, the market for the -600 has changed and the A318 represents an extremely competitive alternative. The range performance of the higher gross weight -600…

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January 22, 2007
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Semi-Annual Jet Aircraft Value Listing
Values Of Old & New Continue To Diverge While the values of more modern aircraft continue to improve, those of older types face terminal decline in the face of a sustained rise in fuel prices and escalating maintenance costs. The majority of aircraft in mainstream production, particularly the narrowbodies, are…

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January 8, 2007
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Aircraft Asset Assessment
Market Presence As a member of the A320 family, technology is not an issue for the A318. Technical obsolescence will not feature for many years or at least until the A320 family is upgraded or replaced. The interior of the A318, providing a wider diameter than the competition, is already…

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December 11, 2006
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Planned A320 Freighter Conversion Likely To Improve Residuals
The experience of the period 2002 and 2003 still rings loud for lessors and owners but at least during the next downturn the uptake in freighter conversions should alleviate the level of availability and the pressure on residual values. The period 2002-2003 saw a rapid rise in the level of…

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December 11, 2006
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A350XWB Go-Ahead Removes Some Residual Uncertainty
Further Rise In B787 Values Will Be Hard To Reverse With some 450 orders for various members of the B787 family, the competition to the newly launched A350XWB will prove difficult to overcome. While design details remain elusive, the A350XWB appears to offer the type of improvements over the existing…

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December 11, 2006
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