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MD83 Values Fail to Clamber Out of Canyon
The values of the MD83 continue to remain depressed as they have been for nearly a decade but the size of the operator base shows that there remains interest in the type. Despite still being the most desirable of MD80 variants, the fortunes of the MD83 have experienced sustained adversity.…

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July 29, 2013
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Values of Chapter 2 Aircraft At Scrap Levels
Such has been the passage of time that those that have become involved in the industry in the last decade may not even know what a Chapter 2 aircraft consists of. As is to be expected a significant number of the new aircraft are being used to replace existing aircraft.…

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July 29, 2013
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Aircraft Asset Assessment: MD83
Market Presence. The MD83 experienced its heyday in the late 1980s and early 1990s. While values started to stumble more than ten years ago, availability only became a major issue in recent years. Even before production ceased in 1999, the MD83 was already facing severe pressure from the A320 and…

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July 29, 2013
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Milestone Delivery of 1,000th A330 Points to Still Strong Values
The 1,000th A330 has been delivered to Cathay Pacific representing a major milestone for the program and further underlining the stability in values. Even 10 years ago, the delivery of 1,000 A330 aircraft with another 250 on backlog would have been considered to be optimistic in view of the then…

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July 29, 2013
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Values of Older Aircraft Weighed Down by Economics Not Delivery Rates
While both Airbus and Boeing are on course to deliver some 600 aircraft each during the course of this year, some of which will displace older aircraft, the extensive backlogs should be a contributing to a revival in values of used aircraft but are not. The first six months of…

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July 29, 2013
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Semi-Annual Jet Aircraft Value Listing
Seeking to sell a used unencumbered aircraft for cash, even one less than ten years of age, continues to require considerable pricing flexibility and the preference for newer aircraft continues.  Values of aircraft generally managed to regain some of their losses incurred during the Great Recession but sufficient weakness in…

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July 15, 2013
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Substantial Launch Orders Point to Strong Demand But Will the MTOW Increase?
The B777-10 has been finally launched at the sometimes soggy 2013Paris Air Show on the basis of substantial orders from a range of customers but despite a “simple stretch” service entry is not slated until 2018, some five years away and representing a longer timeframe than for most all new…

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July 1, 2013
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Embraer E2 Seen As Producing Solid Residuals
The new E-Jets will offer a 16 percent improvement in the case of the E175 and 23 percent for the E195. The issue of fuel efficiency on the regional jets is of lesser significance than for the long haul widebodies as they are used on shorter routes. However, the lower…

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July 1, 2013
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