Most asset markets over the past few years, whether real estate, stocks, bonds, crypto, bananas, eggs, or private jets, seem to follow a general trend—either up or down. For the private jet market, the year or two before COVID saw a general uptick in jet sales and prices. Then, COVID hit, and for a few months, nothing transacted. After that, nobody wanted to stand in line with 200 people at TSA, nor sit in a metal tube with 200 other sneezing passengers. As a result, demand for private jets skyrocketed. Even 20-year-old aircraft, which were destined to be parked, suddenly became hot commodities.
In 2024, we began to come back down to earth and realize that things were “normalizing” again, whatever that meant. Generally speaking, prices began to stabilize across the entire jet market, and supply began to loosen up. However, identifying a general trend in 2025 has proven difficult. Predicting trends in each segment, or even each model, shows no clear direction.
For example, in the Super Mid-Size segment, populated by the G280 and Challenger 350, we couldn’t have more starkly different markets. The G280 market started the year quietly but slowly began to pick up steam. Meanwhile, in the Challenger 350 market, aircraft were flying off the shelf, and buyers were panicking when inventory dropped from double digits to less than three examples for sale. The market for the 350 is literally on fire.
Looking at other Mid-Size segments, where the Hawker 900XP and Citation Sovereign compete, one would assume both markets are quite similar, with about 25 examples of each for sale. But the 900XP market has been quite stagnant, with declining prices, while the Sovereign market is seeing nearly three times as many sales, with prices moving higher for “cream puff” examples of the aircraft. Sometimes, there is no trend even among the same OEM.
The Global 7500 market has been lukewarm at best, while the Global 6000 market mirrors that of the CL350, with single-digit supply and a record sales pace for 2025.
Simply put, there is no trend for the first time in years in general business aviation, and each market seems to be driven by its own fundamentals, quite removed from other factors.
Without clear market trends, brokerage representation can help guide you to find an aircraft with the highest quality at the best price in your desired aircraft segment.
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