Aircraft Value News [August 11, 2003] -

Issue: August 11, 2003

Airbus List Prices Rise While Values for New Aircraft Stagnate

Airbus list prices for 2003 recorded a near 4 percent increase over 2002, nearly double that of European inflation. Despite the resolution of negatives during the course of the last few months, values for new aircraft have continued to stagnate. The near 4 percent average rise, therefore, represents a further…

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August 11, 2003

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Values Steady as Cessation of B757 Production Looms

Values of the B757 have fallen so far over the last two years that the potential cessation of production is unlikely to have the usual major impact on values of the type. The cessation of B757 production, different and less significant from the cancellation of a program, has long been…

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August 11, 2003

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No Respite for Tumbling Stage 2 Values

Values of Stage 2 aircraft, hushkitted or in their original state, continue to deteriorate with scrapping becoming an ever more likely option. For the first time in the history of jet aviation, the theoretical rate of retirement. as dictated by estimated economic lives. has become a reality. In previous recessions,…

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August 11, 2003

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Year End Improvement for Freighter Values?

Though there remains considerable caution over the state of the world economy, the major factors restraining growth have dissipated, increasing the prospect of renewed and substantive demand in the latter part of the year for airfreight capacity. The last quarter has seen the ending of the Iraq conflict and lifting…

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August 11, 2003

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Potential Cessation of Production Looms

Such has been the discounting of B757 values in recent years that the effect of a cessation in production is likely to have been already accommodated should Boeing [NYSE: BA] make the decision. Even before Sept. 11, values and lease rates of the B757 were under pressure. While the larger…

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August 11, 2003

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Increase in Jet Storage Poses Problem for Value Recovery

With the resolution of the Iraq conflict and the containment of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) disease, the principal obstacles to recovery now encompass the world economy, passenger aversion to travel, and the sustained high level of availability. BACK Aviation indicate that the number of aircraft in storage has…

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August 11, 2003

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RJ Concentration Highlights Need For Care Over Assessment of Residuals

Despite the on-going demand for 50-seat regional jets in the United States, the market constraints of Europe are increasingly concentrating such types in a single market, a situation that has previously caused problems for residuals. As a consequence of the further consolidation of Swiss, Embraer is reportedly seeking to assist…

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August 11, 2003

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