UTICA, NY – JETNET LLC, the leading provider of corporate aviation information, has released the August 2010 results for the pre-owned business jet, business turboprop, and helicopter markets.
Market Summary
Highlighted in Table 1 are the key worldwide trends across all aircraft market segments for the first eight months of 2010 versus 2009. Business Jet inventory For Sale shows the largest change (down 2.5 points), to 14.9% from 17.4%. Most important is the percentage change in the Sale Transactions; Business Jets led with the largest
percentage gain, 30.1%, compared to 2009. All aircraft categories are taking longer to sell in 2010, ranging from 40 to 124 more days in the YTD comparisons. The Piston Helicopter segment is the only one in the aircraft market to show an increase in average asking price (of 2.4%). However, the Piston Helicopter segment is also the only one to be down in sale transactions (a 6.4% drop).
