Pre-owned Update: Light and Medium Jet Markets Perking uUp
Increase in U.S. transactions is one likely reason for the shift from heavy jets

First-quarter numbers for the aircraft resale market show that the lighter side of business aviation is looking up, but not so bright that you should be going out and stockpiling an inventory of small and midsize jets. Still, according to Amstat’s Market Analysis, “Both the medium and light business jet segments kicked off 2017 with two of the best first-quarter resale retail transaction starts in these segments in the last 10 years.” Turnover in the first three months was 2.6 percent for the medium-jet fleet and 2.8 percent for light jets—both representing the second-best numbers for their segments since 2008.