By Bjorn Fehrm

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Introduction

August 9, 2018, © Leeham News.: We continue last week’s article about how changing fuel prizes affects fleet plans. Last week we studied how long-term rising fuel prices will favour new, more fuel-efficient single-aisle aircraft.

Now we make the analysis with Widebody aircraft in the segment 250 to 300 seats.

Summary:

• The crossover fuel price where a new generation Widebody is a good investment is slightly different than for the Narrowbody.
• As for the Narrowbody, the maintenance costs for a half-life Widebody and how these are handled influence the crossover fuel price.