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Aircraft Asset Assessment: A310-300
Market Presence. The A310-300 at least features a two-person cockpit though it lacks the sophistication of other members of the Airbus product range. The powerplants remain reasonably competitive and the interior offers marketing opportunities for large and small operators. The relative youth of the program ensures that adverse maintenance issues…

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August 2, 2010
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Farnborough Orders Provide Breathing Space for Narrowbody Residuals
The large number of orders placed for the existing B737NG and A320 family members provides reassurance for both Airbus and Boeing that sufficient demand will exist in the years immediately preceding the introduction of a re-engined aircraft, thereby aiding residual values of existing models. A major problem for the manufacturers…

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August 2, 2010
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Farnborough Heralds New Ordering Cycle But Values Constrained
New Aircraft Values Continue to be Undermined by Lack Luster Used Segment While the recent Farnborough Air Show saw a flurry of orders from lessors and airlines alike, the participation of so many leasing companies suggests that the pricing of new aircraft was still very attractive. Leasing companies such ILFC,…

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August 2, 2010
AVN
Corporate Jet Values Take Time To Recover
Corporate jet values are edging up and out of recession but only ever so slowly and not with the degree of conviction that has been evident with past recovery periods. The latest J.P. Morgan survey of corporate jet availability for June 2010 saw a modest fall in the number of…

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August 2, 2010
AVN
Surge in Turboprop Orders Underline Stable Values
Despite the changing nature of the turboprop orderbook, values of such aircraft as the ATR72-500 and Dash8Q-400 have exhibited considerable stability. While the values of virtually all jets have exhibited at least a 20 percent fall during this recession, the values of turboprops still in production have fallen by the…

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August 2, 2010
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First B737-600 To Be Scrapped Sold for “$11.25 Million”
The joint administrators of the defunct Globespan Group, the UK based airline and travel operator, had sought buyers for a B737-600 but could only find a buyer wishing to acquire the aircraft for parting out. The B737-600, serial number 28030, was originally built in April 1999. The aircraft was initially…

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August 2, 2010
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Aircraft Values Will Rise on Back of Strong Traffic Growth
The recovery in aircraft values will be largely be driven by the sustained rise in air traffic in the coming years and forecasts produced by ICAO suggest that such traffic will emerge. The most notable elements of the forecast from ICAO relate to the buoyant projections for the Middle East…

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August 2, 2010
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Lease Rentals Start to Rise
The much awaited occasion of the rise in lease rentals and therefore the recovery, is in evidence - at least for the newer aircraft types. Rentals are provided by The Aircraft Value Analysis Company www.aircraftvalues.net or www.aircraftvalues.com. Rates are quoted in thousands of US dollars per month and exclude maintenance…

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August 2, 2010
AVN
Widebody Values Stable As Market Bottoms Out
The world economy may be experiencing a slight improvement with passenger traffic recovering but values have to overcome problems associated with storage, yields, finance, production rates, and lease rentals. Fortunately, with lease rentals beginning to rise there is growing evidence that values of most widebodies in production have bottomed out…

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August 2, 2010
AVN
A310-300 Values Continue to Decline
The values of the A310-300 have experienced a considerable fall in recent years but a measure of stability may be evident. The consistently low level of availability was being achieved partly because of the appetite for conversion but the recession has dampened enthusiasm for such modifications. There were at one…

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August 2, 2010
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