Year-to-date transactions for out-of-production aircraft are up 10% from the same period 2010, while actual selling prices continue a downward trend. Excluding depreciation, 2011 selling prices have decreased 10%. A contributing factor could be attributed to economic obsolescence. Sales for the majority of current production [pre-owned] aircraft are down 10% while selling prices are showing […]
Read More »There is an abundance of optimistic forecasting for 2010 and beyond. A good portion of this seems to be speculative and tied to things other than market fundamentals. As a follow up to our ‘Business Jet Values in the New Economy’ (Dec 09), we are going to look at markets from a transaction perspective and […]
Read More »The business aviation industry has been put through the wringer lately. The global economic downturn followed by the vilification of executive use of business jets have been a one-two punch to an industry that is vital to the United States economy. The affect of these factors on private jet ownership has also been profound. […]
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