I just wanted to see if anyone knows of any sites that report "prices" for used planes.Basically, I am researching "prices" for md-90's, and am not looking for exact numbers, only ball park figures.I am not in the leasing business, or (sadly) aviation business, but am an enthusiast, and want to make sure I responded correctly to some questions someone had in regards to purchasing md-90's.Thanks for any help.

Trade-A-Plane... http://www.trade-a-plane.com/

As you've probably discovered, most aircraft brokers will expect an email request from a genuine buyer in order to give a price, but there are one or two which have some prices up, such as this place: http://www.aviationdealerindex.com/ If you look on there, it confirms that prices are a bit wild because of the downturn in aviation during the recent financial crisis, which now seems to be improving fortunately. So you could email them for prices.As with cars, the age, hours, condition and usability of an aircraft will have a large bearing on the price, so there is no 'simple price guide'. For example, you can find a scruffy Boeing 727 for well under a million bucks these days now that they are being forced out of the skies of many countries owing to noise regulations, and you can find a 300 series 737 for just a couple of million bucks, whereas you'll be looking at 45 million bucks for an NG 737 that has plenty of life left in it. But age alone is rarely the sole thing to affect the price of an aircraft, or even the hours; one which has flown on longer routes may have plenty of hours, but less landing cycles, which will explain price variances that might seem odd, i.e. you'd probably not get a high price for a six-year-old ex-Ryanair NG 737 bought from new at a discount from ordering many of them, because they will have flown the &@($* off the thing in those six years and it'd likely have tons of landing cycles on it from doing short haul in Europe, whereas the very first ever B737 kept going for thirty years, ending up in the hands of NASA (who bought it off Boeing), and that was because they used it for fairly infrequent test flying in good weather and it was sat around at Boeing for a few years before NASA bought it off them, so the hours were accrued slowly on it and it was always very well looked after.The same factors will undoubtedly be true for MD-90s. I don't really know any MD-90 prices, although do know that an MD-83 will cost between about eight million and three million Dollars depending on the hours and condition, but like that old Boeing 737 prototype, even a DC-9 can fetch more than that if it is in good shape. The MD is not as popular as the 737, but they serve pretty much the same purpose, so the prices are probably fairly comparable, which might help when trying to determine an average.Al

I just wanted to see if anyone knows of any sites that report "prices" for used planes.Basically, I am researching "prices" for md-90's

I don't really know any MD-90 prices,

I read his lower case letters "md" as "mid"... thought he was looking for "mid-1990s" aircraft. :( Don't think Trade-A-Plane will have any MD-90s. :(

Controller.com has listings of transport aircraft. Problem is most listings say "Call."

Thanks for the links guys, I will check them out.<br><br>It seems that JAL, and Saudi are dumping theirs on the market, so that would surely bring the prices down substantially.   <br>I would prefer (my personal opinion here) the JAL aircraft, as the Saudi aircraft engines would probably not be in as good a shape "long term", due to the sand that surely (?)  puts a strain on the blades and other parts.<br>I am referring to time on wing here, not safety.<br><br>Thanks again for the help.<br>

I read his lower case letters "md" as "mid"... thought he was looking for "mid-1990s" aircraft. :( Don't think Trade-A-Plane will have any MD-90s. :(

:( Good one.

Out of curiosity, what are you going to do with the plane? You actually gonna fly it?

I wish, both that I could, and that I would have that much extra money to do so.A lawyer friend of mine (International Maritime Shipping and Transportation) was asking me in regards to this information. I presume some client is curious about setting up some sort of low cost airline, or something similar, or just curious.

I wish, both that I could, and that I would have that much extra money to do so.A lawyer friend of mine (International Maritime Shipping and Transportation) was asking me in regards to this information. I presume some client is curious about setting up some sort of low cost airline, or something similar, or just curious.

No offense, but considering your lawyer friend's specialty, I wonder why they don't have a handle on that information already - aviation does happen to be in direct competition with shipping.Anyway, I'll keep an eye out on Craigslist for ya..... :(

Kendall,I am sure they are very capable in the "Private Jet" sector, as there is plenty of business for that segment of the market, but when it comes to airlines, and airliners, it is still within the Governments domain only.Also, It was a friend who probably had a "light discussion" with a client and wanted to make sure he knew what he was talking about.Again, my assumption only. My response to your comment on Craig's List: :(