Boeing Airplanes Score a Clean Sweep With Investors and Operators

Investors and airline operators have validated the Boeing product strategy in the 2005 Airfinance Journal Investors' and Operators' Poll. In the overall rankings, the Boeing 737-800, 777-300ER, 737-700 and 777-200ER took the top four spots, while Boeing airplanes earned seven of the top ten positions. Along with the 737-300, these same airplanes dominated all categories in the Investors' Poll, taking the majority of the top five positions in Overall Rankings, Operational Success, Investor Appeal, Remarketing Potential, Residual Value and Value for Money. In fact, in the Value for Money category, the Boeing 777-300ER, 777-200ER, 737-800, 737-700 and 737-300 all ranked in the top five positions of the entire group.

This makes three straight years that the 737-800 has ranked number one overall and five straight years that the 777 family has ranked number one overall for wide-body aircraft. In overall rankings, the 777-300ER and 777-200ER rank number two and four, respectively in this year's poll. Their nearest Airbus rivals, the A340-300, A340-600, and A340-500 ranked a distant 17th, 19th, and 22nd, respectively.

In the category of new airplane program most likely to succeed, 74% of voters chose the 787—an unequivocal vote of confidence for the newest member of Boeing's commercial airplane family. The A380 and A350 received only 11% and 6%, respectively. The average score for Boeing airplanes among this year's top 25 rankings was 7.1, leading the average score of 5.1 for Airbus airplanes. This year's rankings affirm that investors and operators recognize Boeing airplanes as top values.

To view Airfinance Journal's entire poll results, click here.