AvBuyer Magazine - July 2018

• There was just one Falcon 7X delivered new in
  the last five years that was listed ‘For Sale’ at
  press time.


• There were just three Global 6000 and three
  Gulfstream G550 aircraft of similar vintage on
  the used market.

The tightening of young, used inventory has

been one of the most important market

developments in the last several months, and

portends better days ahead for business jet OEMs,

who have become accustomed to the flat, “steady

as she goes” conditions of the last several years.

Surging Market Optimism

Optimism amongst business aircraft owners and

operators as to the state of the Business Aviation

market is currently at its highest point in 7.5 years,

based on results from the Q2 2018 JETNET iQ

Survey.

Customers who believe that the Business

Aviation industry is past the low point in the current

business cycle (those we call ‘optimists’)

outnumber pessimists by a factor 4.5-to-1.

Encouragingly, sentiment amongst Large-Cabin

business jet owners and operators appears to have

rebounded, at least based on the most recent

survey results, which include responses from more

than 50 countries.

Sunny Outlook?

Does all this suggest that we are “out of the woods

and into the summer sunshine” at the mid-point in

2018? It certainly looks that way. Nevertheless,

unwelcome storm clouds are billowing on the

horizon, in the form of back-and-forth trade spats

and tariffs between the United States and most of

its key trading partners.

Here’s hoping that these tempests are localized

and that they will give way to warm, dry breezes

and friendlier skies sooner than later.

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Rollie Vincent is President of Rolland Vincent Associates.

His aviation market analysis is second to none, and

he is the creator/director of the JETNET iQ program.

With a solid background in market research, economics

and statistics, he has more than 30 years of experience

in business, regional and international aviation.

Contact him via [email protected]

“The tightening of young, used inventory has been one of the most

important market developments in the last several months.”

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