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Aging Aircraft–Keep, Sell or Buy

Considerations to Keep, Sell or Buy Older jet aircraft (25+ Years or older) are an interesting phenomenon in the market place.   Many of these aircraft are trading at salvage value. Others are salvage value plus the value of the engines and major inspection status. Some feel operating older aircraft is OK, others are concerned about…

ROI of Buying a Business Aircraft

Business metrics are an important part of effectively managing a business.  It goes beyond the basics of costs, revenues and profits.  One such calculation is return on investment or ROI. ROI has many uses and can be applied to both invested capital as well as investments in human capital.  The capital of the brand, people,…

Professional Golf and Private Aviation

Arnold Palmer is often credited with being the first golf professional flying to tournaments in his own plane.  However, it was Johnny Bulla and a few golf pros who bought a war surplus C-47 to fly himself and fellow golfers to tournaments in the late 40’s.   One of the first time shares?!  This year at…

Aging Aircraft-How old is too old?

Two thirds of the aircraft’s value can be attributed directly to the chronological age of the aircraft.  The remainder becomes the value of the engines and maintenance.  At the 20 year point plus or minus, most planes are at the portion of their life that a majority of their value is in the last third…

Keep or Sell the 20+ year old Jet?

For companies who are flying 20+ year old jet aircraft they are facing some hard decision points.  Do they keep flying the current aircraft and spend $500,000 to over $1,000,000 to fly in portions of the world and airspace now or to be ready to fly in certain US airspace in 2020?  In addition, some…