JV
In terms of lease rates, about 2 years ago we had the extraordinary situation of an A330-200 which was costing the owner $920k per month (lease-purchase put in place at the late-90s peak) being offered at $450k for a 4-year dry lease....nice work if you can get it! A330-200 rates were in the mid-$400s when Eithad first went shopping, but they have long since left that area. Haven't heard any A330 operating lease numbers since August of last year, and then it was $670k/month for a -300.
Torquelink
Of course you're right about A350/B787 impact on a financiers view of any new metal, but in terms of the current values of the existing inventory these new-build planes still lie in the far future. How many years will it be before A350/B787s enter the operating lease market? Early lessor production will be spoken for. This market is driven now by what's already built or being built, not by the new types.
Hunter 58
Not so fast. The AirTanker people did a lot of work on the A330-200 freighter at one stage, and I believe it was clear from AI that this development was seen as being inevitable. I'm going back 2-3 years. Also, it may not be a 65 tonnes plane, but it would be low '60s, possibly 62 tonnes. There is public domain information on this - will try to find - but you can derive this payload reasonably easily by extrapolation of A300-600F. But someone reading this will know more.....
