Operating Costs At Crux of Aircraft Price Wars
Credit: JOSEPH PRIES
From the 1960s through the early '80s, most new commercial aircraft were sold at, or very close to, list prices. The purchase of MD-80s by American Airlines (see photo) in 1984 was a defining event for the market's dynamics, shifting pricing power from the seller to the buyer. Since that event...
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