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Inventories of aircraft on the market has been sparce as there are many “new to aviation” buyers which results in an increase in demand and a lower inventory as those buyers don’t have a trade-in aircraft.
remain that there is a lot of new blood in aviation. This is great for our industry, but not great for our aircraft inventory and buying opportunities.
The issues that we face today from an aircraft market standpoint are numerous. As I mentioned, we do have a lot of “new to aviation” buyers entering the market. This represents not only an increase in the demand for airplanes, but the new buyers do not bring a trade-in airplane with them. In the past, most of our clients were “move up” buyers – they were selling a Twin Cessna or a Baron and buying a King Air, or they were selling their King Air and buying a bigger King Air or a jet. They were taking an opportunity but creating one simultaneously. This created an equilibrium and a somewhat stable market. This new factor has changed the dynamics and how it settles remains to be seen; this has never happened before.
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