Originally Posted by
stakeknife
The lessors don't need to sell it. After the 12 year lease they have recovered their capitall cost and extacted profit from the aircraft. This is the reason that the lease deals on 380's at EK anyhow were over a 12 year period. They can sell it cheap, scrap it or try an attractive lease option.
From what I hear the people having leased to SQ did not do it with the assumption of zero residual value...
In other words if the airlines might walk from the deal after 10/12 years the actual owners of the aircrafts are scrambling to find a way to get some value past scrap...