Jay Mesinger

AIN Contributor

Jay Mesinger is the CEO and Founder of Mesinger Jet Sales, an international aircraft brokerage firm, and has been regularly contributing to AIN since 2018.

Latest from Jay Mesinger

Aircraft

AINsight: Did We Get Caught Flatfooted?

Even in this frenzied preowned business aircraft market, it's important for buyers to use common sense and not cut corners during sales transaction process

Aircraft

AINsight: The Year Is Flying By

While inventory of preowned business aircraft is low, if an airplane fits your needs now, don’t wait to buy.

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

AINsight: Are Preowned Biz Aircraft Prices Going Up?

In the business aviation industry, the elephant in the room is preowned aircraft pricing.

AINsight: Too Complex To Go It Alone

Business aircraft transcations are often far too complex for buyers and sellers to try to go it alone.

AINsight: New vs Preowned Gap Narrows for Bizjet Buyers

The delineation is shrinking between buying new and preowned business aircraft as high-quality inventory of the latter narrows.

AINsight: Airplanes Defy Gravity

While aircraft defy gravity by flying through the air, preowned business aircraft pricing is still bound by the laws of gravity.

AINsight: Could There Be New Faces Popping Up?

New entrants in the business aircraft brokerage business cause concern that new buyers aren't getting the advice and wealth of expertise they require.

AINsight: 2020 Was Only a Nine-month Year for Bizav

Business aircraft sales boomed in 2020 despite the pandemic sidelining the entire bizav industry from March through June.

AINsight: My 2020 Pandemic Playlist

Aircraft sales broker creates a 2020 pandemic playlist for those in the business aviation industry.

AINsight: A Stickler for Details

When buying or selling an aircraft, the devli is in the details. But so are the diamonds.

Aircraft

AINsight: Counting the Days

Is it possible to get a preowned business airplane bought and put into service by year-end? Maybe, but you're quickly running out of time.

AINsight: Raise Your Hand If…

This blog post will give you a new perspective of what we in the busienss aviation industry are all going through during these strange Covid times.

AINsight: How Is It Translating?

Preowned business aircraft brokers are seeing a surge of first-time buyers, but these purchasers are also aware of current market conditions.

AINsight: Market-maker vs Marketplace

A marketplace fosters right pricing, right representation, and right dialog around the preowned business aircraft offerings.

Charter & Fractional

AINsight: The Rain Is Stopping

The business aviation industry is vibrant and will come back, and the market will enjoy a resurgence of first-time buyers looking for a safer way to travel

AINsight: A Grand Science Experiment

The talk of not wanting to travel on public transportation will turn into real action on the part of perspective business aircraft buyers.

AINsight: Words To Live By

Weccasts and Zoom meetings have developed a whole new meaning of “community engagement” in the business aviation industry during the Covid crisis.

AINsight: Reactive Pricing

The current Covid-19 pandemic is not a reason to devalue business aircraft. We must get through the crisis before we can determine its effect on pricing.

AINsight: Information Overload

Being able to anticipate preowned bizjet market moves is the key to staying ahead, and having the right partner to give intelligent guidance is critical.

AINsight: Taking Pedigree to the Next Level

In the business aircraft broker community, we banty about the word pedigree as a badge of honor. We apply it to aircraft, but maybe we need to expand that?

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

AINsight: Constituent Parts

A webinar hosted last month by AIN gave participants a road map for a successful business aircraft transaction. If you haven't viewed it yet, you should.