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Freighter Market Recovery Finally Underway
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By Stephen Fortune, Principal, Fortune Aviation Services LLC
For those familiar with the freighter aircraft market, 2009 seems like an eternity
ago. At that time, freighters of all ages
and types were flying into desert storage
in record numbers. Air cargo demand had
fallen dramatically as the impact of the
global recession set in. Some international
carriers grounded most of their long-haul
freighters, and 777 passenger bellies were
considered a real threat to the future of
main deck airfreight. Meanwhile, ocean and
rail shipping, always more cost effective,
became faster and more reliable and with
track-and-trace capability formerly only
available from the integrators.
What a difference a few years makes. As
indicated in the graph below, the deserts
began to empty out with older aircraft
scrapped and younger units going back into
service. By the end of 2016, the number of
stored freighters had dropped by 60 percent.
Concurrently, freighters were being
retired in record numbers. In the past
six years, 50 percent of the narrowbody
freighter fleet (almost 400 aircraft) was
retired. While the global recession was
partly responsible, the age and reliability
of the existing fleet of 727s, DC9s and older
737s was the primary driver that compelled
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Jetrader - Summer 2017
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Jetrader - Summer 2017
A Message from the President
Calendar/News
Q&A: Douglas W. Runte, CFA, Managing Director, Securitized Products & High Yield Research, Deutsche Bank
Printing the Future
Upward Bound
Q&A: Abdol Moabery, President and CEO, GA Telesis, LLC
Escalation and Hope — Reflections from ISTAT Americas 2017
Forward Facing: ISTAT Asia
Aircraft Economic Life
Aviation History
Aircraft Appraisals
ISTAT Foundation
Advertiser Index
Advertiser.com
Jetrader - Summer 2017 - Intro
Jetrader - Summer 2017 - cover1
Jetrader - Summer 2017 - cover2
Jetrader - Summer 2017 - 3
Jetrader - Summer 2017 - 4
Jetrader - Summer 2017 - A Message from the President
Jetrader - Summer 2017 - 6
Jetrader - Summer 2017 - 7
Jetrader - Summer 2017 - Calendar/News
Jetrader - Summer 2017 - 9
Jetrader - Summer 2017 - Q&A: Douglas W. Runte, CFA, Managing Director, Securitized Products & High Yield Research, Deutsche Bank
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Jetrader - Summer 2017 - Printing the Future
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Jetrader - Summer 2017 - Upward Bound
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Jetrader - Summer 2017 - Q&A: Abdol Moabery, President and CEO, GA Telesis, LLC
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Jetrader - Summer 2017 - Escalation and Hope — Reflections from ISTAT Americas 2017
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Jetrader - Summer 2017 - Forward Facing: ISTAT Asia
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Jetrader - Summer 2017 - Aircraft Economic Life
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Jetrader - Summer 2017 - Aviation History
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Jetrader - Summer 2017 - Aircraft Appraisals
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Jetrader - Summer 2017 - ISTAT Foundation
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Jetrader - Summer 2017 - Advertiser Index
Jetrader - Summer 2017 - Advertiser.com
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