Commercial banks remain reticent in financing aircraft and those banks still in the market are only looking to fund purchases of lower risk single aisle aircraft with a high resale value such as the 737-800 and A320 workhorses. This is one reason why there are just not any 737-800s around at the moment and the residual values have gone through the roof. Airlines are finding it very difficult to finance widebody aircraft, even the most appealing the 777-300ER is not getting the green light from financiers as it should in an ideal world. All airlines are looking to buy new,

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