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Private Jet Sales & Acquisition
Buying a private jet is a seven-to-nine-figure transaction conducted in an opaque market where the listed price is rarely the story.
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About private jet sales & acquisition
We act on the buyer's side of every private jet for sale engagement: sourcing candidate airframes, running market analysis, managing the pre-purchase inspection, and coordinating the closing. The seller has a broker working for their price; our job is to make sure someone equally informed is working for yours. The typical buyer has crossed roughly 200 to 300 flying hours a year, the point where charter and fractional stop making financial sense and whole ownership starts to. Corporate flight departments replacing an aging airframe are the other regular profile.
Budget bands are wide: a well-kept fifteen-year-old light jet can change hands below $5 million, a new super-midsize runs $20 to 30 million, and a new ultra-long-range Gulfstream G700 or Global 7500 lists above $75 million. Pre-owned inventory moves in cycles, and the spread between a fair price and an asking price routinely covers our fee many times over.
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How it works
Valuation rests on a handful of measurable factors: total airframe hours, engine status relative to overhaul programs like Rolls-Royce CorporateCare or Pratt & Whitney ESP, damage history, maintenance program enrollment, avionics currency, and pedigree of prior operation. Two identical-looking aircraft can differ by millions on engine program status alone. Our market analysis prices each candidate against actual recent transactions, not asking prices, because asking prices in this market are opening positions. The pre-purchase inspection is where deals are made or saved.
We manage the PPI at an independent MRO facility, scoped to the aircraft's age and history, covering structural inspection, borescope of the engines, records audit back to the birth certificate, and title search for liens. Discrepancies found at PPI become either seller-funded rectifications or price adjustments; unexamined, they become your first year of ownership costs.
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What to expect
Closing involves escrow, title transfer through registries such as the FAA or the relevant national authority, international registry filings for financed aircraft, and import or export requirements when the aircraft crosses jurisdictions. We coordinate the aviation attorneys, escrow agents, and tax advisors so the sequence completes without a gap in insurance or airworthiness. If the mission profile says you should not buy at all, we will show you that math before you spend a dollar. Browsing listings of private jets for sale is free; buying the wrong one is not.
Whether you are scanning private jet for sale listings for the first time or replacing a known airframe, the discipline is the same: verify everything, price against closed transactions, and inspect before you sign.
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What’s included
- —Buyer-side representation: sourcing, valuation, inspection, closing
- —Market analysis priced against actual transactions, not asking prices
- —Engine program status audit: CorporateCare, ESP, and equivalents
- —Pre-purchase inspection managed at independent MRO facilities
- —Records audit to the airframe's origin plus lien and title search
- —Escrow and registry coordination across FAA and national authorities
- —Ownership-versus-charter math shown before any purchase commitment
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Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about our services.
Acquisition prices span an enormous range. Pre-owned light jets can start around the low single-digit millions, midsize jets occupy the mid-range, and new ultra-long-range flagships reach into the tens of millions. But the purchase price is only the entry ticket: budget seriously for annual fixed costs — crew, hangarage, insurance, maintenance programs, and management — plus variable hourly costs whenever you fly. A widely used rule of thumb is that annual operating costs run a meaningful percentage of the aircraft's value every year. The right question isn't just "what does it cost to buy" but "what does it cost to own for five years, and what will it resell for." Our acquisition team models exactly that — purchase, operation, and exit — before you commit to any airframe.
For most owners, a private jet is a productivity asset, not a profit center. Aircraft depreciate, and operating costs are substantial, so buying a jet purely as an investment rarely works. That said, ownership economics can be dramatically improved. Placing the aircraft on a charter certificate generates revenue during idle periods, often offsetting a large share of fixed costs. Depreciation treatment can deliver significant tax efficiencies in many jurisdictions for business use — a question for your tax advisor. And disciplined acquisition matters: buying the right airframe at the right point in its maintenance cycle protects resale value. The realistic goal is to reduce the net cost of ownership to a level that the time savings and flexibility clearly justify — and that is very achievable.
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