By Carl Janssens, ASA | Chief Appraiser | Aircraft Bluebook

Another year in the bucket, one more in the history books, another chapter ending. These phrases describe inevitable, inertial change, and they sum up the used business aircraft market at the end of 2017.

For business aviation, as far as Aircraft Bluebook is concerned, 2017 was a year of continued growth. Growth in the pre-owned business jet segment can be measured by the number of changes in ownership (sales) that have occurred compared to previous years.

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As the days of summer have grown, so have available inventories of late-model business jets in the global market. What makes these days most interesting are the volumes of late-model jets for sale with competitive pricing.

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It appears the first quarter of 2016 is demonstrating what pace the pre-owned aircraft market is likely to follow going forward this year. New deliveries of business aircraft seem to have created a greater inventory of available pre-owned aircraft in the marketplace.

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The spring issue of the the Aircraft Bluebook Marketline newsletter is now available for download. This issue features:

Stock Prices Soar While Pre-Owned Aircraft Prices Remain in Ground Effect
by Carl Janssens, ASA | Chief Appraiser | Penton Aviation 
Business aircraft pricing in the pre-owned market appears to be soaring in ground effect. The good news is that sales are occurring while on the cloudy side, values, at best, try to maintain a flat trending posture. 

Business Jet Perspectives on Value Market Temperature
by Dennis Rousseau | President and Founder | AircraftPost.com 
At the end of each year we tally the number of aircraft delivered into service (EIS) by manufacturer and model.

Into the Blue - Aircraft Bluebook At-A-Glance - Beechcraft Premier 1A
by Chris Reynolds, ASA | Aircraft Bluebook 
Aircraft Bluebook At-a-Glance has reviewed the current market status of the Beechcraft Premier 1A business jet.

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The winter issue of the the Aircraft Bluebook Marketline newsletter is now available for download. This issue features:

2014, YEAR IN REVIEW

By Carl Janssens, ASA | Chief Appraiser | Penton Aviation

With only a few weeks remaining in 2014, the pre-owned business aircraft market has definitely experienced recovery from the 2009 recession.

MARKET DEPRECIATION VS. DECLINING RESIDUAL VALUES

By Dennis Rousseau | President and Founder | AircraftPost.com

In 1999, a new Gulfstream GV sold for ~$39.5M. Considering a 'useful life' of 30 years and an average utility of 500 hours per year, a 1999 year model in 2014 (midlife/15 years) would be considered 'average' with...

INTO THE BLUE — AIRCRAFT BLUEBOOK AT-A-GLANCE — CESSNA CITATION SOVEREIGN 680/+

By Chris Reynolds, ASA | Aircraft Bluebook

Aircraft Bluebook-Price Digest At-a-Glance has reviewed the current market status of the Cessna Citation Sovereign series aircraft.