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Aircraft Archive: Boeing B737-300
Asking Prices Remain Resilient Despite Market Pressures
The market may be increasingly vulnerable to excess supply but for the moment asking prices remain relatively strong, comparing favorably with values. Two A300-600s of 1984 vintage are being offered for sale by two different companies, one based in Canada and the other in Sri Lanka for $7 million and…

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August 4, 2008
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Freighter Rentals Continue to Experience Fragility
The weakness of the wider economy has continued to undermine the lease rentals of some equipment while others are at best holding steady. The fragility of the world economy, notably in the U.S., has continued to prompt a note of caution with respect to the freighter market. The most notable…

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August 4, 2008
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B737 Classic Values Remain On Ropes
The high price of fuel continues to cause values of B737 Classics to fall with any respite having to rely on a near halving of fuel prices. The rapid demise of the B737-300, -400 and -500 may be overstated given the measured retirement schedule but the intended withdrawal of so…

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July 21, 2008
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First Generation Stage 3 Rentals Weaken
The sustained and inevitable preference for more economic aircraft has continued to prompt a decline in lease rentals of the older types. The lease rentals of older types are facing considerable pressure as lessors struggle to place surplus aircraft. Yet, at the same time demand outside of the U.S. is…

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July 21, 2008
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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 having to reduce services to…

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July 7, 2008
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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. United will also increase the number of retirements…

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June 23, 2008
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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 stability. Though the -400 lacks the payload/range performance…

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June 23, 2008
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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 taken on new significance such that they…

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June 9, 2008
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