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December 10, 2007
Turboprop Residuals Under Threat as Manufacturers Consider Upsizing
Current and future values of turboprops have exhibited comparative stability over the course of the last two years not least because of the envisaged status quo in terms of product line. The move by Bombardier and now ATR to consider larger variants has the...
November 26, 2007
Narrowbody Residuals Get Boost From Dubai
Middle East Confirmed As Major Aviation Market The 2007 Dubai Air Show clearly consolidated the region as a major tour de force in the aviation world while cementing the prospect of resilient residual values for the A320 and B737NG families. The irony that...
November 26, 2007
Relaxation of Age Issue Offers Prospect of High Values for Older Freighters
The potential relaxation of the 15-year age limit on the importation of aircraft by China should increase demand for converted freighters, thereby underpinning residual values. While a few operators can afford new freighters, the nature of airfreight dictates...
November 26, 2007
Project Phoenix Seeks To Underpin CRJ200 Residuals
Bombardier is launching a new program to ensure an aftermarket for the CRJ 200 which also hopes to capitalize on the long lead times for most new business aircraft. It will also ensure values remain stable over the long term. The new program, Project Phoenix...
November 26, 2007
Have Narrowbody Rentals Plateaued?
Despite the considerable number of orders announced at the Dubai Air Show, the continued to volatility in the financial markets combined with record fuel prices are perhaps making investors more cautious. Lease rentals are facing considerable and sometimes...
November 26, 2007
Values Remain At Scrap Levels
The combination of age, reliability and high fuel prices have continued to ensure that the DC10-30 has been displaced to the sidelines. The current fortunes of the B767-300ER hark back to the late 1980s when the rapid expansion of the international market...
November 26, 2007
Aircraft Asset Assessment
The DC10-30 Market Presence. The surprise is that there are still DC10-30s in service. Gone are such flag carrier names as British Airways, SAS, Sabena, Swissair, Lufthansa, MAS, Northwest, Thai, PAL to be replaced by Omni Air and Biman. The operator base of...
November 26, 2007
PMA Continues to Undermine Full-Life Maintenance Adjustments
With Delta and Chromally combining to produce parts for the CFM56-5 and CFM56-7 engines, the threat to traditional spares pricing continues to escalate, further undermining the value attributable to full-life maintenance status. Appraisers are increasingly...
November 26, 2007
BAe146/Avro RJ Values Remain on Even Keel as Demand Shifts East
Values of the BAe146/Avro RJ, seemingly under pressure from the expansion of the new generation of regional jets, continue to find favor in new markets. The high price fuel should be a major negative for the four-engined configuration but fuel represents a...
November 26, 2007
Values Remain At Scrap Levels
The combination of age, reliability and high fuel prices have continued to ensure that the DC10-30 has been displaced to the sidelines. The current fortunes of the B767-300ER hark back to the late 1980s when the rapid expansion of the international market...
November 12, 2007
Values of Dash8-400 Suffer Temporary Decline
SAS Grounding Likely to be Isolated Unless Authorities Step In The grounding of some 27 Dash8-400 examples by SAS has led to a temporary fall in the value of the type. The confirmation that the board of SAS has opted to withdraw the Dash8-400 is a significant...
November 12, 2007
Values Fail to Progress Amidst Uncertainty
Values in general are failing to progress upwards owing to the uncertainty caused by rising fuel prices and fragility of the financial markets. With record backlogs and a waiting list akin to that of the IPhone, values and prices of new and used aircraft...
November 12, 2007
Values of Lower Capacity Aircraft Could Suffer As Passengers Put On Weight
The discovery by SAS five years ago that the average weight of passengers, including hand luggage, is higher than the industry standard weight set 13 years ago, has led to fresh demands for a revised European-wide standard. In 1994, the Europeans set an...
November 12, 2007
Delay to B747-8F Would Benefit B747-400F Rentals
With the debacle over the service entry date of the B787, concerns are now being voiced over whether Boeing will be able to effect service entry of the B747-8F on schedule. The service entry of the B747-8F is due in late 2009, still two years away. Boeing...
November 12, 2007
Out of Production Widebody Values: Values Remain Fragile
With the price of fuel continuing to rocket to new highs, the appetite for the gas-guzzling leviathans of old continues to weaken. The combination of three-person flight decks, rising maintenance costs, lesser reliability and fuel consumption are all...
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