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Aircraft Archive: Boeing B737-700
Boeing List Prices Continue to Diverge From Actual Pricing
5.5 Percent Rise Suggest Rampant Market The rise in Boeing list prices, closely matching the increase announced earlier in the year by Airbus, points to a market that is close to over heating except that actual prices are fortunate to be rising by less than half the official rate.  …

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July 23, 2007
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Narrowbody Rentals Continue To Gain
Though some operators are feeling the pinch in terms of yields and fuel prices, the remainder continue to seek new opportunities and additional aircraft. Lease rentals for those aircraft still in production therefore remain strong and indeed have in the main continued to improve. The pressure on interest rates continues…

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June 25, 2007
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B737-700 Keep On Rising
Despite pronouncements that the peak in values and lease rentals were reached nearly two years ago, material rises have been evident with the expectation of further increases. Though the market still focuses on the successful B737-800, the -700 has quietly established a solid market base, albeit partly at the expense…

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June 11, 2007
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Aircraft Asset Assessment
The B737-700 Market Presence. The B737-700 is endemic. Almost taken for granted, the B737-700 has secured some 1,270 orders of which over 839 have been delivered. However the -800 continues to be the most popular with nearly 2,200 orders. The -700 has achieved notable success, building upon the solid foundations…

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June 11, 2007
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Controversial Seat Counts Receive Revamp
The number of seats used in the estimation of relative operating efficiency by the manufacturers has been reviewed by Airbus as a means of narrowing the gap between fantasy and reality. Airbus has opted to reduce the seat count on the A380 from 555 to 525 as a means of…

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May 28, 2007
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Values Remain on Upward Curve -- Mostly
The limited availability of newer capacity narrowbody equipment has continued to play extraordinary pressure on used examples such that for the majority of Stage 3 aircraft, values have continued to improve. The latest hike in Airbus list prices show a near six percent increase but used values have failed to…

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April 30, 2007
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Narrowbody Rentals Remain Strong
The first quarter of the year is usually the weakest for operators in terms of traffic leading to increased supply and potentially weaker lease rentals. However, such is the shortage of equipment that the wintry edge to the season has not prevailed sufficiently to either dissuade the discount traveler nor…

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March 5, 2007
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Bumper Year For Boeing Points To Strong Values
The market for the newer narrowbodies remains as strong as ever, if not stronger, owing to the extended backlog and sustained traffic growth. In 2006, Boeing secured 729 net orders for the B737NG compared with 569 in the previous year. With just over 300 B737NG deliveries during 2006, the backlog…

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January 22, 2007
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