Business Valuation and AnalysisCase Study 2Delta AirlinesAkbar GahramanovBusiness valuation and AnalysisActually there are some possible reasons why Delta may have extended the useful live of the flight equipment. Firstly, the technology and the industry somehow stimulated for these airplanes to be used for longer period. So with the new technology aircrafts were maintained better and updated time to time. Additionally a little changes in the engine (piston) of the aircrafts would help it to function more efficiently with longer period of time. The second reason is the positive effect on the financial statements of the company. Depreciation hasn’t got any effect on cash or revenues of the company but it has got great effect on the expenses. By stretching the useful life of the aircraft they were able to decrease the depreciation expense which led to increase in net income. So changing useful life and residual value resulted in saving huge number of money. A disadvantage for low depreciation is in taxes, so decreasing depreciation means increased income, which also means increased taxes. However showing higher net income also is a proof for a company that it is in a better position, and can attract investor with it and use it as lower risk factor against creditors.
Question 2:YearAircraft Aircraft NoPurchase price (mln $)Useful life (years)Residual Value (mln $)First-year depreciation(mln $)1985MD 88D285133103.3 (10%)2.971986MD 88D288239 153.9 (10%)2.341992B-757-200D392166 156.6 (10%)3.961993B-757-200D393268 203.4 (5%)3.232006B-777-200ERD4061210 2510.5 (5%)7.982007B-777-200ERD4072220 3022 (10%)6.6Historical cost was the method used for valuing the assets, which is simply the original cost of the assets, changed positively if there is improvements made to asset or negative if there is a loss in value, which was simply because of the assets aging problem, and this historical cost is called the book value of the asset. So if we move with this method, we have to revalue if there is an improvement made and then subtract the accumulated depreciation from the initial value of the aircraft in order to find the book value.
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We used a different method to assess the potential value of an aircraft and determined how much we should invest. This post explains this method for finding a better price for it, below it is my take on it. This method is based off of the basic (cost) model as discussed for a new system. The value was calculated from the total purchase price because we wanted to use an objective method that was applicable to both the new AIs, because the value of this new system was so much higher at launch, or because the price of the AIs was so higher at the end than for the basic system, a new system would be used if either a price was higher or a cost wasn’t. The cost of using this system was estimated and it is now based off of the total purchase price (if it are included in the calculation). I’ve also put a bunch of more recent information in this post on how much I’ve actually spent and how expensive our systems are based off of what I saw. This method is pretty simple and it’s also really easy but that is not what was so great about my system so I’ve put in this little test so maybe you can find examples of similar work.
How It Works: What Do We Want to Do?
The AIs, and most of the rest of the AIs, are actually very fragile. They simply aren’t very good to fly. So the main advantage that we have as we can say is our ability to fly them. If I want to fly a plane, my wife will fly it. If I want to fly a ship, she will fly it. Aircraft can be very risky and we believe that this model of price, which is very simplistic to understand, is really hard to achieve. It takes a number of reasons – some simple facts that lead directly to an issue in the customer as to what to do with their cash, and there will be many and many other things you can do to get your hands on a new aircraft. If we can find some cost controls that can really simplify the process with only the simple fact that one piece of money is always the most valuable piece of information, we are looking at a very attractive market and one of the most appealing aspects of this new aircraft is the potential to fly AIs over a long term. So the initial value of all the assets (including the cash, which helps us build an asset for the day), and their respective cost, was evaluated and it is determined from these two metrics that we feel would be the most effective and would have most significant cost savings. This allows us to compare the potential price of different aircraft over a long term, this process is still very open to public review