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01 June 2007

Orders for regional aircraft have gone through the roof in the last year. But are financiers happy with the residual value of these aircraft?

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Airfinance Journal: Please comment on market performance in the last year. 

Giovanni Tramparulo, vice-president, sales finance and risk, ATR: The market is very robust and a large proportion of aircraft have been placed.

Dag Waldenstrom, senior vice-president, Saab Aircraft Leasing: We have the same view.

Trung Ngo, vice-president, marketing and communications, Bombardier: Ngo: Bombardier is very encouraged with positive trends, particularly in the US, which remains as one of the largest markets for regional aircraft. We see the emergence from bankruptcy of larger majors such as Delta and Northwest, which is very encouraging. If that trend continues, it would support our planned production rate and potentially adds a slight increase. Our new 100-seat CRJ1000 along the recently announced CRJ NextGen product improvement package have led to increased interest from current CRJ operators. We have also done well recently with our Q400, particularly in the United States with orders received from...


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