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JETNET Releases March 2013 and 1st Quarter 2013 Pre-Owned Business Jet, Business Turboprop, Helicopter and Commercial Airliner Market Information

UTICA, NY – JETNET LLC, the leading provider of corporate aviation information, has released March 2013 and 1st Quarter 2013 results for the pre-owned business jet, business turboprop, helicopter and commercial airliner markets.

Market Summary
Highlighted in Table A are key worldwide trends across all aircraft market segments comparing March 2013 to March 2012. Fleet For Sale percentages for business jet and business turboprop market sectors were down in the March comparisons, but increased slightly in the helicopter markets.

Business jets are showing a slow start in the 1st quarter of 2013, with a 4.2% decrease in pre-owned sale transactions, and are taking more time to sell (71 days longer) than last year, with a 3.3% decrease in average asking price. Business turboprops decreased 8.8% in pre-owned sale transactions, with a double-digit increase in average asking price of 18.7%.

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JETNET Attending 2013 HAI Heli-Expo Aviation Intelligence Firm Celebrating 25th Anniversary

UTICA, NY – JETNET LLC, the world leader in aviation market intelligence, will exhibit at HAI Heli-Expo 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada and is celebrating 25 years of delivering professional aircraft research services. Their 2012 overview of the helicopter market, taken from their comprehensive global database of piston and turbine helicopters, reveals a market experiencing a slow but steady recovery. JETNET will present their full range of software products and services at this year’s Heli-Expo, which runs March 5th-7th. JETNET will be in booth C1001.

“We’re proud to be celebrating 25 years of serving the aviation industry,” said Vincent Esposito, JETNET President. “Every year we’re shining a brighter light on the helicopter market, giving industry professionals better ways to grow their businesses. That’s kept us growing for a quarter of a century.”

JETNET employs a full-time staff of more than 40 research specialists who contact industry professionals around the world each business day. They make real-time updates to the most comprehensive database of its kind. At the close of 2012, JETNET reported 28,287 helicopters in service, 18,911 of which are turbine powered, and 9,376 of which are piston powered. At the close of 2012 there were 1,730 helicopters actively offered for sale, or 6.1% of the fleet. The firm now tracks 134 separate helicopter models in 184 countries, a stunning task.

“At JETNET it’s all about reliable information and market intelligence,” said Paul Cardarelli, JETNET Director of Sales and Marketing. “Our staff solicits original information from sources directly associated with aircraft. The data they gather is reviewed and confirmed for accuracy and completeness. It’s then added to the JETNET database for instantaneous access by our clientele, a network of aviation professionals around the globe.”

The company’s Evolution software suite features an intuitive and customizable graphical user interface, so subscribers can view charts, tables and selective information, depending on their needs. JETNET also offers aviation professionals a variety of ancillary services. These include the JETNET CRM (Customer Relationship Management) service, JETNET SPI (Sales Price Index) for actual selling prices of aircraft, and JETNET iQ (Intelligence Quarterly), a comprehensive business aviation forecasting service (see JETNETiQ.com).

“Since our founding, we’ve never rested in improving our products and services,” added Esposito. “We look forward to many more years of providing exactly what our subscribers ask for.”

JETNET is inviting Heli-Expo attendees to learn more about their products and services at booth C1001 at this year’s show.

For 25 years, JETNET has delivered the most comprehensive and reliable business aircraft research to its exclusive clientele of aviation professionals worldwide. JETNET is the ultimate source for information and intelligence on the worldwide business, commercial, and helicopter aircraft fleet and marketplace, comprised of some 100,000 airframes. Headquartered in its state-of-the-art facility in Utica, NY, JETNET offers comprehensive user-friendly aircraft data via real-time internet access or regular
updates.

For more information on JETNET LLC log on to jetnet.com or contact Paul Cardarelli, JETNET Director of Sales and Marketing, at 800-553-8638 (USA) or paul@jetnet.com; International inquiries, contact Karim Derbala, JETNET Exclusive Agent, EMEA, at 41.0.43.243.7056 or karim@jetnet.com;

Diane Levine-Wilson

Heli-Gate

Putting all politics aside. C’mon, you can do it.

The somewhat controversial governor of New Jersey Chris Christie (what were his parents thinking?) is in the news this time for personal use of one of the state owned helicopters. He used it to fly to his son’s high school baseball game and then to attend a dinner with GOP folks to discuss his possible run for President.

Yikes! The media grabbed this up like a fresh donut on the dashboard of a squad car and the opposition party talking heads were aghast and the public decried “outrage. Sighting “hypocrisy” as justification for their anger. After all, the porcine governor is busily slashing budgets in the public sector in order to get the state back on fiscal solid ground. “Everyone must make sacrifices” is his battle cry for decimating state funding for education. Ooops, I said I wouldn’t do that. “My bad”

Here’s what happened: Continue reading

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JETNET Releases Q1 2010 Pre-Owned Business and Turboprop Aircraft and Helicopter Market Information

Business Jet Aircraft

Although the high inventory levels for pre-owned business jet aircraft witnessed in much of 2009 are gradually being reduced, pre-owned business aircraft remain in a buyer’s market. At the end of March 2010, the percentage of pre-owned business jets for sale was at 15.6% compared to the high of 17.7% recorded in July 2009. The number of business jets for sale at the end of the 1st quarter of 2010 was slightly less than 2,800 aircraft.

As the “for sale” inventory has declined, the number of pre-owned retail sale transactions has remained at relatively low levels of activity, with 555 aircraft sold in the 1st quarter of 2010 compared to 595 in the same quarter of 2009. The 1st quarter of 2010 resulted in a 6.7% decline compared to the same quarter in 2009.

This decline marked a record low level for sales transactions, falling just below the previous record of 577 set in the 1st quarter of 2003.  Continue reading

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JETNET To Show New Views, Expanded Database At HELI-EXPO 2010

HELI-EXPO_2010_ForWebJETNET LLC, the leading provider of corporate aviation information, will be featuring their new market “Views” at HELI-EXPO 2010, the world’s largest tradeshow dedicated to the civil helicopter industry. As part of an interface and information upgrade to its flagship Evolution service, JETNET has created new Views, convenient “at a glance” summaries of market and aircraft information for its subscribers. Each View is a summary page that gathers data points from throughout the Evolution program and compiles them into a single screen of well organized lists, graphs, photos and tables for easy assessment of marketplace status and trends. Each is a different summary configuration, one of six from which users can choose, depending on their needs. The annual HELI-EXPO convention & exposition, sponsored by the Helicopter Association International, will be held at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, TX from February 21–23, 2010. JETNET’s booth is #3017. Continue reading