By Dennis Rousseau, founder and president of AircraftPost.com. This article was originally published in the Aircraft Bluebook Marketline Fall 2015 edition. In 2006, the average cost new for a Pro Line 4 equipped Lear 60 was ~$12.5M. In 2007 the Lear 60XR entered service with the Pro Line 21 avionics and an average cost new of […]

By Dennis Rousseau, founder and president of AircraftPost.com. This article was originally published in the Aircraft Bluebook Marketline Summer 2015 edition.   During the last few years, AircraftPost has addressed many dynamics affecting the business jet market and specifically aircraft values. Our markets have changed dramatically since 2008. As we’re in our 7th year of ‘recovery’ […]

By Dennis Rousseau, founder and president of AircraftPost.com. This article was originally published in the Aircraft Bluebook Marketline Spring 2015 edition. At the end of each year we tally the number of aircraft delivered into service (EIS) by manufacturer and model. We then calculate the number of [pre-owned] aircraft, as a percentage of the fleet […]

By Dennis Rousseau, founder and president of AircraftPost.com. This article was originally published in the Aircraft Bluebook Marketline Winter 2014 edition. In 1999, a new Gulfstream GV sold for ~$39.5M. Considering a ‘useful life’ of 30 years and an average utility of 500 hours per year, a 1999 year model in 2014 (midlife/15 years) would be […]

By Dennis Rousseau, founder and president of AircraftPost.com. This article was originally published in the Aircraft Bluebook Marketline Spring 2014 edition. On average, five – seven percent of the available fleet on the resale market is considered ‘normal.’ Should the percentile lean more in the 10 – 20 percent range, we then tend to see some severe price […]

By Dennis Rousseau, founder and president of AircraftPost.com.  This article was originally published in the Aircraft Bluebook Marketline Summer 2013 edition. When viewing a random selection of pre-owned transactions for the first 5-months of 2013, the number of sales are trending down 15 percent when compared to the same period in 2012. Actual selling prices […]

By Dennis Rousseau, founder and president of AircraftPost.com. This article was originally published on the AircraftPost blog and in the Aircraft Bluebook Marketline Spring 2013 edition. For the fifth consecutive year, pre-owned transactions for current generation business jets have shown a year over year increase. However, market inventories, expressed as a percentage of the fleet, […]

For the fifth consecutive year, pre-owned transactions for current generation business jets have shown a year over year increase. However, market inventories, expressed as a percentage of the fleet, are on the rise, while the average selling price continues a downward trend. When we factor age-based depreciation over a 30-year lifecycle, we can garner some […]

As seen in Fly Corporate: I am thinking of selling my Gulfstream IV. How can I determine its true resale value? George Dubroux, Entrepreneur As soon as an aircraft enters service, the asset begins to depreciate. Traditionally a safe guideline for market depreciation has been 3 to 4% per year. However, the current market for […]