737 MAX: Boeing has ann0unced the prices for the MAX and Reuters has this story comparing the competition with NEO:
| Airplane Families |
2011 $ in Millions Average |
|
|
| 737 Family |
|
| 737-600 |
59.4 |
|
|
| 737-700 |
70.9 |
|
|
| 737-800 |
84.4 |
|
|
| 737-900ER |
89.6 |
|
|
| 737 MAX 7 |
77.7 (+6.8) |
|
|
| 737 MAX 8 |
95.2 (+10.8) |
|
|
| 737 MAX 9 |
101.7 (+12.1) |
|
|
| 747 Family |
|
| 747-8 |
332.9 |
|
|
| 747-8 Freighter |
333.5 |
|
|
| 767 Family |
|
| 767-200ER |
151.5 |
|
|
| 767-300ER |
173.1 |
|
|
| 767-300 Freighter |
175.4 |
|
|
| 767-400ER |
190.2 |
|
|
| 777 Family |
|
| 777-200ER |
244.7 |
|
|
| 777-200LR |
275.8 |
|
|
| 777-300ER |
298.3 |
|
|
| 777 Freighter |
280.1 |
|
|
| 787 Family |
|
| 787-8 |
193.5 |
|
|
| 787-9 |
227.8 |
What’s interesting of the MAX prices vs NG is the price premium of up to $12m, nearly twice that announced by Airbus for the NEO. Recall, too, that Boeing dissed the Airbus plans to charge a premium for the NEO; Boeing used the NEO premium as a talking point to promote the value proposition of the 737NG.
Boeing: Jim Albaugh, appearing at a Reuters event, says Boeing expects to begin converting the 948 commitments to firm orders very soon. Who are the commitments? Only four are announced out of 13 customers.
We’ve listed most of them before. We now understand that there are five top lessors who have committed (only one has announced). We’ve previously identified GECAS (no surprise here). We knew of another but did not have the name. ILFC, ALC and CIT are obvious candidates but we don’t have definitive information that these are the others.
Announced firm order
Announced commitments
- American
- Lionair*
- Aviation Capital Group
Lionair says theirs is more than a commitment while at the same time saying it won’t be “firmed” until January. The announcement was in November and it is not on the Boeing order list yet.
Unannounced but we’re comfortable these have committed:
- GECAS
- Three other lessors
- COPA
- GOL
- Norwegian Air Shuttle
That’s 11 of the 13. We have heard the names of the other two but aren’t sure enough of them to publish them.
Bombardier: Pierre Beaudoin, president of the Canadian manufacturer, gave an interview to the Montreal Gazette on the challenges facing the company on the new CSeries. Hints of a six month delay are becoming more frequent.
Southwest Airlines: For those still wondering, it’s now official: Boeing and Southwest agreed to transfer AirTran’s outstanding order for 53 737s to Southwest, according to an SEC filing. Southwest also canceled purchase rights of its own for 20 737s as part of the order for 58 737-800s announced at the same time the MAX order was announced.
Softening Freighter Market: In another worrying sign about the global economy, Cathy Pacific has deferred to Boeing 747-8Fs to 2013 from 2012, according to AirWise. Global cargo demand is often a leading indicator of passenger demand.
Embraer forecasts a “crisis” in the Brazilian economy next year but an increase in commercial aircraft sales nonetheless.
