Finance, Taxes, Insurance
The market has probably bottomed, but there are still some deals
The good news is that the bad news seems to have subsided for the time being and business aviation’s recent negative publicity served to make aircraft that

The good news is that the bad news seems to have subsided for the time being and business aviation’s recent negative publicity served to make aircraft that much more affordable.

Consider that two years ago the average inventory stood at roughly 1,600 aircraft. Last year the average rose to slightly more than 2,100, and so far this year that number sits just above 3,000, a level never breached before. Many aircraft were dumped onto the market in the last four months of last year, when the fall of Lehman Brothers and a major stock market drop spurred a number of owners to place their aircraft on the market. The market experienced a net increase in inventory of more than 450 aircraft during that span, a figure that no other recent time period comes close to.

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