Market forces can contain market pricing. The rise in engine spares for example makes it more attractive to cannibalize relatively young aircraft. Such high values for engines can be a temporary phenomenon as was so aptly demonstrated in the late 1990s when values of JT8Ds more than doubled due to a shortage. Pratt & Whitney failed to anticipate a recovery in the market and could not make spares fast enough as aircraft were put back into service and utilization increased, thereby increasing the need for spare engines.
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