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Mixed Fortunes for B767-300ER But Values Continue to Deterioate
While there is consensus that the bubble that prompted B767-300ER lease rentals and to a lesser extent, values, to double during the recent surge in demand through to 2008 has truly burst, there continues to be life in the type yet, sufficient to prevent values from falling into the abyss.…

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By: Aircraft Value News
May 24, 2010
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Asking Prices Reflect Optimism
The asking prices for aircraft continues to err on the side of optimism but as with any seller, there is always the opportunity to negotiate down but never up. A 1986 ex-Austrian Airlines A310-300, with a MTOW of 153 tonnes, is on the market priced at $12.8 million. This compares…

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By: Aircraft Value News
May 24, 2010
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A380 Weight Upgrade To Represent Premium Compared to Existing Examples
The intended increase in the MTOW of the A380 should represent a premium to existing values rather than becoming the baseline. Airbus intends to increase the MTOW of the A380 from the current 569 tonnes to 573 tonnes. This weight increase will allow the aircraft to fly an additional 100…

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By: Aircraft Value News
May 24, 2010
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Values of Smaller Jets Continue to Suffer
The 50 seat regional jet market continues to suffer from excess and values are inevitably depressed. The difficulty for the 50 seaters is in foreseeing any recovery. While production has all but ended, the market for the type was largely created out of an artificial needs – the scope clauses.…

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May 24, 2010
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Improvement in Freighter Market Affects Values
The cargo market has once demonstrated its ability to be the first to signal emergence from the Great Recession such values of at least some freighters are actually rising once more. In April 2010, IATA reported a steep increase in demand, the latest since late last year. Load factors also…

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By: Aircraft Value News
May 24, 2010
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Continental / United Merger Poses No Problem for Values
But Market Remains Sufficiently Fragile as to Delay Recovery in Values The tie-up between United and Continental will create one of the largest operators in the world with nearly 700 mainline aircraft in the merged fleet but at present there is little indication that the fleet size will be reduced…

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By: Aircraft Value News
May 10, 2010
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B777F Values Continue to Show Promise
While the values of freighters experienced significant declines during the course of 2009 as a result of an unprecedented fall in traffic, the combination of greater interest in freighter conversions and acquisition of additional capacity is providing the basis for a possible improvement in values during the latter part of…

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By: Aircraft Value News
May 10, 2010
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Acquisition of Ex-JAL B747-400s Fails to Aid Values
The intended disposal of more than 30 B747-400s by Japan Airlines has already resulted in a significant fall in values and the acquisition of nine such aircraft by Transaero will do nothing to reverse the slide. The values of the B747-400 have fallen by more than 20 percent over the…

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By: Aircraft Value News
May 10, 2010
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