First QUARTER 2018 – Aircraft Market Events and Sales Leaders
April 2018 – Analysis coming soon.
First Quarter 2018, the best market performance (for the quarter) in more than a decade!!
145 AIRCRAFT SOLD.
Trend charts are available at www.GreatCircleAircraft.com
The market is continuing in the direction of what was once considered “normal” that being 8% of the market for sale.
Some airplanes have entered into scarcity market condition.
Falcon 2000 series with about 3% for sale. A few other aircraft are headed in the same direction.
Inventory level Decreased (end of 4th Qtr. 2017) from 724 to 688 (end of 1st Qtr. 2018) aircraft.
First Quarter 2018, sales leaders:
- Challenger 604 with 11 sold.
- HS800XP with 11 sold.
- Lear 60 with 7 sold (never a leader during any one month)
- Falcon 900B with 7 sold (never a leader during any one month)
- Legacy 600 with 7 sold (never a leader during any one month, or any quarter during the past 8 years)
The information below: (Lear 60 through BBJ)
| AIRCRAFT MARKET EVENTS | |||||
| 2018 1st Qtr. Results | |||||
| LEAR 60 through BBJ | |||||
| Totals: | 145 | 52 | 214 | 688 | |
| Sold | Removed | Added | For Sale | ||
| Airbus | |||||
| Sold | Removed | Added | For Sale | ||
| A319CJ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| A318 Elite | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| A310 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| A320 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Beechcraft/Hawker | |||||
| Sold | Removed | Added | For Sale | ||
| 750 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 800XP | 11 | 1 | 15 | 62 | |
| 850XP | 2 | 0 | 5 | 18 | |
| 900XP | 2 | 5 | 3 | 17 | |
| 4000 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |
| Boeing | |||||
| Sold | Removed | Added | For Sale | ||
| BBJ | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | |
| BBJ 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| BBJ 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bombardier | |||||
| Sold | Removed | Added | For Sale | ||
| 300 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 25 | |
| 350 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 604 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 29 | |
| 605 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 11 | |
| Global 5000 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | |
| Global 6000 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 14 | |
| Express | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 | |
| XRS | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | |
| Bombardier/Lear | |||||
| Sold | Removed | Added | For Sale | ||
| 60 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 45 | |
| 60XR | 1 | 0 | 6 | 21 | |
| Cessna Citation | |||||
| Sold | Removed | Added | For Sale | ||
| Lattitude | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| Sovereign | 5 | 2 | 13 | 30 | |
| Sovereign + | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| X | 8 | 7 | 6 | 35 | |
| X+ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Dassault Falcon | |||||
| Sold | Removed | Added | For Sale | ||
| 2000 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | |
| 2000EX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000EX EASy | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |
| 2000LX | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
| 2000S | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 50EX | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | |
| 7X | 6 | 2 | 10 | 21 | |
| 8X | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 900B | 7 | 1 | 4 | 18 | |
| 900C | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 900EX | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 900EX EASy | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | |
| 900DX | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | |
| 900LX | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
| Embraer / Legacy | |||||
| Sold | Removed | Added | For Sale | ||
| 500 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 600 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 20 | |
| 650 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Gulfstream | |||||
| Sold | Removed | Added | For Sale | ||
| 150 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 13 | |
| 200 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 29 | |
| 280 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 300 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 350 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 400 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 450 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 22 | |
| 550 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 24 | |
| 650 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | |
| IVSP | 9 | 2 | 5 | 26 | |
| V | 2 | 4 | 4 | 19 | |
| Totals: | 145 | 52 | 214 | 688 | |
| Sold | Removed | Added | For Sale | ||
| 6 Month Market Performance | |||||
| Lear 60 through BBJ | |||||
| Month | For Sale | Sold | |||
| October | 755 | 57 | |||
| November | 725 | 48 | |||
| December | 724 | 33 | |||
| January | 741 | 44 | |||
| February | 674 | 47 | |||
| March | 688 | 56 | |||
| Average | 718 | 48 | |||
Data without insight, often is useless.
For additional insight regarding this data or if you are interested in receiving specific aircraft market data, contact me.
Gene Clow
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