Originally Posted by
lomapaseo
All true, but who really cares? (tongue in cheek)
What do the airlines want?
When will they be interested in buying new planes again and at what price to get 20 years out of them?
There will be airlines looking to renew their fleets. Most customer don't care about cycles and flying hours. Arguments like technically it is 10 years old but this is really an 8 year old plane since it was parked up for 2 years, will not wash in marketing your newish fleet. It is not even an engineering truth since planes need to fly to be kept in top condition.
If you will get 20 years out of them in the northern hemisphere is a different question. It will depend on how persistent the envirnmental question will be after CoVid19. What I see is they have got a taste for the clean air demonstrated with the considerable, albeit temporary, downshift in pollution lately. And the governments in some countries have had to compromise with the environmental parties to get agreement on economical covid measures. These future promises will come back and bite us.
Price level on delivery in 3-4 years: Lightly discounted (nobody think they got a good deal without some discount) ExMax-10 for same amount of seats. A bit more with more seats. Relatively less with less seats. Since brand new cockpit 1 simulator thrown in with every 30 planes.