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July 21, 2008
A321-200 Remains Sought After
During the course of the last three years orders for the A321 have surged forward, culminating in the placement of another six by Qatar during the recent Farnborough Air Show. With the rise in fuel prices, operators are seeking to reduce units and this can be...
July 21, 2008
Aircraft Asset Assessment: The A321-200
Market Presence. The A321 appears to represent the state of the art technology. Based extensively on the A320, use of computers, fly-by-wire systems, side stick controllers, all ensure that the family will maintain parity with other products on the market for...
July 7, 2008
Semi-Annual Jet Aircraft Value Listing
Only Values of a Few Widebodies Avoid Decline Over just six months values have again felt the chill wind of a downturn as fuel prices soar to record levels. The aircraft most vulnerable to a fall are essentially those no longer in production. Operators are...
June 23, 2008
Four Engined Residuals Under Pressure
Increased Risk Associated with Financing The perceived risk associated with financing new and nearly new four-engined aircraft, such as the A340-600, is increasing with each dollar rise in the price of fuel, thereby undermining residual value expectations and...
June 23, 2008
A350 Values Still In Melting Pot
Despite the A350 not being due to enter service for at least another five years, the number on order is increasing the demand for residual value calculations which, given the still fluid performance of the aircraft, are proving difficult to accurately define...
June 23, 2008
New Replace Old With Usual Consequence for Values
The values of B737 Classics continue to face difficulties as a consequence of contraction by key operators and as new aircraft replace the existing. Continental has announced that it will withdraw 67 B737-300s and B737-500s during the course of 2008 and 2009...
June 23, 2008
Lease Rentals Remain On Even Keel
While values of some aircraft remain under threat due to major - and minor - fleet contractions, lease rentals continue to remain stable as lessors are still able to place most assets. The last recession of six years ago saw lessors scrambling to re-negotiate...
June 23, 2008
Widebody Rentals Remain Stable
While the older narrowbodies may be facing more uncertainty the widebody segment continues to experience sufficiently strong demand as to allow lease rentals to remain essentially unmoved. The U.S. airlines, while seeking to reduce domestic capacity, still...
June 23, 2008
Values of Older Widebodies Continue To Equate To Scrap Levels
The combination of age, maintenance and inefficiency continue to take their toll on the older widebodies so much so that values for virtually all type remain at scrap levels. The high price of fuel continues to accelerate the retirement of older aircraft. The...
June 23, 2008
B737-400 Values Face New Era of Decline
The disposal of some 200 B737 Classics over the course of the next eighteen months has increased the sense of vulnerability of the B737-400 to market forces. Over previous years rentals of the B737-400 had been improving but more recently have exhibited...
June 23, 2008
Aircraft Asset Assessment
The B737-400 Market Presence. The B737-400 is clearly showing its age in terms of efficiency, specification and market orientation. Structure and systems can be traced back to the 1960s, if not before, while performance and capacity reflect the 1980s. Ageing...
June 23, 2008
Ryanair Sells Six B737-800s For "$38.75 million" Each
The Ryanair financial accounts for 2008 reveal that six B737-800s were sold for a total price of Euro150.00 million, which is considerably more than the airline would have paid for the aircraft. Ryanair has been particularly astute in buying...
June 9, 2008
Winglets Become Increasingly Viewed As Standard For Values
Values Make Only Modest Discounting to Winglet List Prices With the price of fuel seemingly set to remain at record levels for the foreseeable future, at least according to those trading in oil futures, the use of winglets to improve existing efficiency has...
June 9, 2008
DHL Restructuring Will Have Little Impact on ABX DC9 Values
The restructuring of operations by cargo operator DHL, will have little impact on the values of the DC9 freighters currently operated by ABX Air. DHL has indicated that it will reduce its U.S. network commencing July, the contraction continuing for some 12-18...
June 9, 2008
35 & 50 seat Regional Jet Values Face Testing Times
With the announcement that American will retire some 35-40 regional jets comes the expectation of further difficulties for the 50 seaters with the decline in values expected to accelerate as fuel costs rise. As part of Americans restructuring, the airline...
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