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Aircraft Archive: McDonnell Douglas DC10-30
Values Of Ageing Widebodies At Scrap Levels
Older widebodies remain out of the favor despite the strength of the market and the continued absence of capacity in key market segments. The market conditions of today - "the noughties" - differ markedly from those of a decade and 20 years ago. In the late 1980s, the collapse of…

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February 19, 2007
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Widebody Rentals Still On The Up
The Lease Rentals Of Widebodies Continue To Rise As The Market Enjoys Sustained Growth. The market conditions of today are increasingly reminiscent of the late 1980s. Lease rentals of used widebody equipment experienced a surge in the late 1980s as Boeing and McDonnell Douglas struggled to introduce the MD11 and…

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February 5, 2007
AVN
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
AVN
Older Widebodies Face Continued Indignity
The market for widebodies is strong and there exists a shortage of capacity but for the older examples, demand is little different from that of five years ago. The parking lots are full of ageing widebodies swelling and distorting the storage figures but never destined to return to service or…

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November 13, 2006
AVN
Rentals Under Pressure Despite Rate Rise
The lease rentals of the older widebodies continue to decline despite the pressure of higher interest rates. While the drop in oil prices may have alleviated some of the adverse operating cost associated with the older widebodies, operators are conscious of the window of opportunity to seek alternatives and replacements.…

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October 30, 2006
AVN
Airbus Widebodies Suffer
The problems facing Airbus have already impacted current values of their widebody products though this is more a consequence of the high price of fuel. The four engined configuration, just as with the trijets, no longer hold such relevance as they once did. The escalation in the price of fuel…

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October 30, 2006
AVN
No Resting Place for Values of Older Widebodies
Values of older widebodies continue to be exposed to the vagaries of the market. The high price of fuel and aging of so many older widebodies no longer hold any credibility for the majority of international operators. Older aircraft also fail to be of interest due to lesser marketing potential…

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August 7, 2006
AVN
A350 XWB Signals Difficulties for A340 Family Residuals
The announcement of the upgraded A350 XWB on the first day of the Farnborough Air Show provided on paper a viable competitor but also signaled the de facto end of the A340 product line in the coming years suggesting that residual values will now need reassessment. Whether or not Airbus…

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July 24, 2006
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