Following years of gradual growth in sales of new business jets, a recent industry forecast predicts a slight decrease in sales of new private jets over the next 10 years. While this isn’t the best news for aircraft manufacturers, fewer new private aircraft deliveries could reverse years of decreasing prices for pre-owned business aircraft, making now the ideal time to buy a preowned private jet. According to the 25th annual Global Business Aviation Outlook released by Honeywell Aerospace earlier this month, ongoing political and economic concerns worldwide will drive deliveries of new private aircraft down through 2026. “We continue to
Bombardier’s August announcement that slumping demand will keep prices of its new business jets for sale under pressure is symptomatic of the downturn creating havoc in both the new and preowned aircraft markets. But the same socioeconomic forces helping flatten the sales curve of jet transactions are creating new business aircraft ownership opportunities in the air charter world. The fact is, though sales of new business jets have dropped sharply, business aviation activity beyond the world of buying and selling airplanes is strong. People still want and need to use business jets, but fewer want to own them. It’s part