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General Chat / Broker question! why?

« on: May 25, 2008, 06:31:11 am »

Ok I have a question for you all...

Heres a example I chose to use,

Aircraft                             Engines                                Qty           List Price       Downpayment         Total Cost (Including Markup)
Boeing 737-300          CFM International CFM563B1          5           €58,365,928          €91,926,337            €262,646,676

You will be charged a total of €170,720,339 for this order. Each aircraft will take a total of 48 days to construct and deliver upon acceptance. This will only be listed for 6 months, before it is automatically cancelled and the deposit is returned.



So what I gather from this, the total cost going to the borker is 262.6k rather than 290.0k from the factory

But the part that puzzles me is that does the total cost include the downpayment?

As well as the "You will be charged 170k for this order" So does this really mean I'm really paying 431k all total? If so then why would I use the broker if the factory is a lot cheaper?

Hope anyone can clairfy for me. Thanks.

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General Chat / Broker question! why?

« on: May 23, 2008, 07:00:04 am »

After you buy a brokered plane, your airline value will be deduced and your ranking will lag behind if you broker a lot.

Hmm quite interesting,

After I recieved my brokered plane, my value shot up more than 200 million. For me, its when you're waiting for the plane, the value kinds of stagnates or declines a bit, but when you recieve it my value goes up.

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General Chat / Broker question! why?

« on: May 22, 2008, 08:00:39 pm »

Yeah I'm in the same boat as you are. My suggestion would be just don't do it unless you dont have the money but you will have the money when the plane is due then the broker can be helpful since you don't have to save then pay then wait for the plane.

If you look in the broker thread in this forum, you can see in some specific worlds brokers are offering a -% on orders that are less than X amount, and those brokers I use often since they offer the aircraft at a significant LOWER price than the factory, especially if you order 2 or more at the same time.

The broker I use is Skylite Airlines in W4, and he offers a -10% and he actually saves me 40% off on orders, and I would call that significant. So again, its all about the brokers you choose.

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General Chat / Just went Trans-Continental

« on: May 14, 2008, 07:06:28 pm »

Wow would suck if I was on that flight :-P Better upgrade that to at least a 737 or a 757 to make more profit

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General Chat / Show your colors - The Liveries Topic

« on: May 09, 2008, 09:15:09 am »

Here's my first,



Hope you like it!