Colibri Aircraft, which specialises
in the marketing, resale and purchase of pre-owned private aircraft, has
reported it has seen a dramatic increase in the number of clients buying a
private jet for the first-time.
Some 21% of the pre-owned aircraft
it has sold in 2017 went to first-time buyers, around 50% higher than in 2016.
The average price of a jet it’s sold to a first time-buyer in 2017 was $3.68m.
The company puts the increase in
first-time buyers of private jets down to two factors - a rise in the number of
high net worth and ultra-high net worth individuals, and a fall in the price of
pre-owned jets. In Europe, the number of people worth $30m or more is set to
rise by 12% between 2016 and 2025.
Analysis by Colibri Aircraft
reveals that on average the asking price of pre-owned private aircraft fell by
around a third between 2014 and 2017 from around just over $13.5m to just under
$9m.
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Oliver Stone,
Managing Director, Colibri Aircraft said: “2017 was a record year
for us in terms of sales and a key factor behind this was the
growing number of clients who are first-time buyers.
"We expect this trend to
continue and within ten years’ time we would not be surprised if
half our clients fall into this category.” |
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