During an industry downturn, the airline finds itself in distress, and is forced to sell the 737 to avoid defaulting on its debt. Other airlines also are not faring well at this time, and are not interested in expanding their fleets.
So the only two bidders for the 737 are a movie  1  Daniel K. Tarullo (2013), “Evaluating Progress in Regulatory Reforms to Promote Financial Stability,” speech at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington, D.C., May 3. 2  Andrei Shleifer and Robert Vishny (2011), “Fire Sales in Finance and Macroeconomics (PDF),” Journal of Economic Perspectives, vol. 25 (Winter), p. 30.