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Some Freighter Rentals Show Slight Increase
The cargo market continues to grow and with it the demand for cargo capacity. The high price of fuel is inevitably having an impact on some of the older freighters, which are being replaced with newer types. However, to a large extent, the demand for cargo space is overcoming any…

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July 25, 2005
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Lease Rentals Rise But Values Remain on the Ropes
Lease rentals of the McDonnell Douglas MD83 have managed to register an improvement over the last six to nine months as operators have had to confront a lack of availability of more modern aircraft types. Despite still being the most desirable of the MD80 variants, the fortunes of the MD83…

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July 25, 2005
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Demand from Freighter Sector Helps Relieve Pressure on A310-300 Values
Having experienced a significant fall over the last few years, the values of the Airbus A310-300 are at last showing some sign of leveling off as a result of the surplus capacity being acquired for freighter conversions. Values of A310-300s have fallen significantly below $10 million in some cases, particularly…

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July 25, 2005
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MD80 Lease Rentals Show Signs of Improvement
Demand Increases as Supply of Alternatives Dries Up After years of facing depressed levels, lease rentals of the McDonnell Douglas MD82 and MD83 are at last showing some improvement as demand increases in the face of a shortage of alternative equipment. Lease rentals and values of the MD80 series, since…

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July 25, 2005
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Widebody Values Enjoy Further Modest Rises
The peak summer season has arrived and the demand for widebody capacity has risen, allowing values to exhibit an improvement. The peak summer season offers operators the opportunity to realize the sometimes extreme measures that have been undertaken over the last few year. British Airways, for example, is announcing higher…

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July 11, 2005
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B737-700 Values & Lease Rentals At Their Peak
The strong demand for narrowbodies - and the Boeing [BA] B737-700 in particular - has boosted the values and lease rentals of this aircraft, possibly to their peak. Even though the market still focuses on the successful B737-800, the -700 has quietly established a solid market base, albeit partly at…

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July 11, 2005
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LAN Airlines Order Does Little To Prevent Continued Decline in A318 Values
While LAN Airlines of Chile may have swelled the Airbus A318 order book by a third, total orders are still well below 100. Therefore, the prospects of any improvement in the values of the beleaguered type remain remote until the number of orders reach at least 200. The LAN order,…

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July 11, 2005
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Airbus List Prices Rise Above Inflation
But Net Pricing Stagnates Airbus list prices have risen by an average of 4 percent between 2004 and 2005, reflecting increased material and labor costs, but the actual prices customers are paying are unlikely to have increased by 1 to 2 percent or more. In other words, the increase in…

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July 11, 2005
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