It’s no mystery why the Aero Toy Store travels here to Europe’s EBACE show each year. The Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based aircraft broker has witnessed a dramatic turnaround in sales. “With the fall of the dollar, our sales are now 90 percent outside the U.S. That’s a total reversal since 2000 when 95 percent of sales were within North America,” senior vice president Gary Anzalone told EBACE Convention News. Part of the message is conveyed on the Aero Toy Store Web site home page, which offers greetings in a choice of 20 different languages.
On the surface, Aero Toy Store is well known for the wide array of tempting items for sale–including custom motorcycles, exotic and antique cars and yachts. But, insisted Anzalone, “Our core business is buying and selling airplanes. The cars and yachts are fun, and they are a part of our history. But we’re about buying and selling airplanes.” The company currently has an inventory of 22 pre-owned jets and helicopters, some of which are here on the EBACE static display.
