Originally Posted by
Trossie
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How would this compare with a 15 to 19 year old B737 or any comparable type?
It would be fairly similar Trossie.
The new aircraft of the type generally have the advantage of weight, current customer wants such as personal device supports, fuel efficiencies and other wants and needs over the older siblings.
This is desirable to many airlines as it both attracts customers and reduces costs such as fuel burn.
The older aircraft to the owner at a certain time start to cost the owner more in maintenance and customer upgrades and efficiency upgrades such as engines, this to gain a lower lease return than a new aircraft. So at a stage and that will depend on improvements and markets, many older aircraft get sold to countries/airlines than are a high risk to lease aircraft to often as a low price but cash up front.
Now is where the real money can be made with remaining older types with expensive components or checks due - part them out.