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Ups and Downs: Pre-Owned Business Jet Transactions Increase; Values Continue to Decrease
By Carl Janssens, ASA | Chief Appraiser | Aircraft Bluebook
Another year in the bucket, one more in the history books, another chapter ending. These phrases describe inevitable, inertial change, and they sum up the used business aircraft market at the end of 2017.
For business aviation, as far as Aircraft Bluebook is concerned, 2017 was a year of continued growth. Growth in the pre-owned business jet segment can be measured by the number of changes in ownership (sales) that have occurred compared to previous years.
Aircraft Values Stay Predictable
By Carl Janssens, ASA | Chief Appraiser | Penton Aviation
It’s hard to believe, but 2015 is already nearly halfway into the history books. For business aircraft transactions, it has been a steady course, fair weather kind of activity. Nothing negative, transactions are occurring. Values, for the most part, continue to show depreciation. The question of when are values going to stabilize appears to offer its own conclusion by what is revealed through the transparency in recent sales data. The answer: “never.”