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Article: Fuel Prices Batter Stage 2 Values.

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November 6, 2000
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Older Aircraft Lose Out To Rising Costs

Values of hushkitted Stage 2 aircraft are reeling from the effects of the sustained hike in fuel prices, likely hastening their demise.

Stage 2 aircraft, already subject to rising maintenance costs and operational constraints associated with noise will find the added pressure or high fuel prices intolerable. The value of the oldest B727-200HADVs (hushkitted to Stage 3) built in 1972 amounted to over $4 million three years ago. The same aircraft are now fortunate to have a value equating to the cost of a $2 million hushkit. The rise in fuel prices, to over $30 a barrel or over $1 a gallon, has hit earnings of ...

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