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01/09/2026

Sustainable aviation fuel carried a premium of $1,139 per tonne over conventional jet fuel in northwest Europe in March 2026, on Platts assessments reported by S&P Global Commodity Insights. That is roughly $3.45 on every gallon, layered on a Jet-A price that already averaged $8.31 across more than 200 US fixed base operators in August 2026.

What that means in practice: a midsize jet on a six hour mission burns about 1,350 gallons. A 30 percent SAF blend adds around $1,400 to that trip, and roughly $46,000 a year over 200 hours.

The article works through why the premium is structural rather than temporary, how the US 45Z credit cut from $1.75 to $1.00 a gallon feeds into the price, what the UK mandate's jump from 2.00 to 3.60 percent does, and why business aviation pays ReFuelEU even when it sits below the 500 flight threshold.

Read more: https://www.avnetmag.com/sustainable-aviation-fuel-cost-2026

31/08/2026

Which UAE airport should your jet actually use? The five options are not interchangeable, and the difference shows up in ground time, handling bills and how far you then have to drive.

Al Maktoum (DWC) is the purpose-built choice for Dubai: 24/7, uncongested, more than 30,000 flight operations a year, and the strongest FBO provision in the country. Al Bateen (AZI) is the only airport in the region dedicated exclusively to executive aviation and sits 10km from central Abu Dhabi. Sharjah became a serious option in May 2026 when Gama Aviation opened its FBO. Dubai International still earns a place for genuinely central trips, though business jets are being steadily shifted to DWC. Zayed International is for VIP airliners and hub-scale operations.

Read more: https://www.avnetmag.com/uae-private-aviation-airports

30/08/2026

An aircraft management acquisition is not a transferred account. It is a renewal you did not schedule.

Solairus Aviation is buying Clay Lacy's aircraft management and charter divisions, targeting a close at the end of September 2026. Together they would run more than 500 managed aircraft. Clay Lacy's FBO, maintenance and real estate businesses are not part of the deal and keep the Clay Lacy name.

Every Clay Lacy owner has to sign a new agreement. Before you do, check six things: the fee and what it now covers, whether your crew are being offered positions, your charter revenue split and dispatch priority, who holds the maintenance relationship now that it sits in a different company, whether your base survives, and the termination clause.

Read more: https://www.avnetmag.com/solairus-clay-lacy-owner-transition

29/08/2026

Has your jet actually depreciated? On several 2016 airframes, seven years and two thousand extra hours have cost almost nothing.

Broker Joseph Carfagna Jr, writing in Business Jet Traveler, compared spring 2019 guide values against today and found retentions of 95% to 100% on Challenger 350s and the Citation XLS+. He sells aircraft, so we checked it against the market prints: Global Jet Capital has average bluebook values up 2.9% year over year, and preowned inventory down to about 5.8% of the active fleet.

The important nuance is that this does not apply to everything. One generation back, 2012 Challenger 300s, G550s and XLS+ airframes each sit near 50% of their original price.

Read more: https://www.avnetmag.com/do-private-jets-hold-their-value

28/08/2026

Fewer superyachts sold in the first half of 2026, and buyers paid a lot more for them.

Northrop and Johnson counted 326 preowned sales, down 8% year on year, against $3.51 billion of value, up 15%. IYC, reporting on its own book, found the same direction. The average boat cost roughly $10.8 million, up about 25%.

The business jet market is doing half of the same thing: value concentrating in scarce, young, large assets. The other half does not match. Jet transactions are rising while yacht transactions fall, so a yacht print is not a forecast for an airframe.

Read more: https://www.avnetmag.com/superyacht-market-h1-2026

27/08/2026

Collector cars sold for $755.6 million across the Monterey Car Week auctions in mid-August 2026, the largest auction week the market has recorded. The previous high, set in 2022, was $471.2 million.

Volume barely moved: 844 of 1,124 lots sold, a 75% sell through against 76% a year earlier. The record came entirely from price, and from a narrow band of cars. Modern supercars took more than half of all sales while traditional blue chips missed their estimates. It is the same bifurcation the preowned business jet market has been running all year, and it is worth understanding before your next acquisition decision.

Read more: https://www.avnetmag.com/monterey-car-week-2026-auction-record

26/08/2026

Air Charter Service moved 16% more charter contracts in its 2026 first half and took 38% more money for them, finishing the six months to 31 July on more than $845 million.

The private jet division grew revenue 26%, which the broker attributes to demand for larger aircraft and longer range flights rather than to more flying. Across the wider market, ARGUS TraqPak counted global business jet activity up just 3.4% in June. The money is growing far faster than the flying.

There is a twist in the category data. ARGUS shows large cabin charter departures in North America actually down 3.4% in June, and large cabin owner flying down 7.1%. Only fractional large cabin activity grew. So this is share concentrating into the brokers and operators able to source complex trips, not a segment expanding.

Read more: https://www.avnetmag.com/private-jet-charter-demand-2026

25/08/2026

Moody's Ratings raised Bombardier's corporate family rating to Ba2 from Ba3 in mid-August 2026, kept the outlook positive, and left the SGL-1 liquidity rating untouched. It is the manufacturer's second upgrade from Moody's in twelve months.

Why it matters outside the investor call: new business jets are paid for on a deposit schedule across a multi-year build slot, so a buyer carries unsecured exposure to the airframer for years before the aircraft exists. For existing owners the exposure runs through residual value and the service network, which Bombardier is currently expanding at Al Bateen in Abu Dhabi, at Fort Wayne, and at Seletar in Singapore.

The upgrade does not make Bombardier investment grade. Ba2 sits two notches below Baa3, and Moody's flagged both market cyclicality and supply chain risk.

Read more: https://www.avnetmag.com/bombardier-credit-rating-upgrade-2026

24/08/2026

Textron Aviation delivered the 500th Cessna Citation CJ4 on 17 August 2026, a Gen2 aircraft going to a customer in the Philippines. Behind the milestone sits the aircraft meant to replace it: the CJ4 Gen3 has flown more than 880 flight test hours across two test articles, and FAA certification is expected this year.

The Gen3 is the first business jet to carry the Garmin G3000 PRIME flight deck, with Emergency Autoland fitted as standard on a single pilot certified aircraft. Embraer's answer, the $13.9 million Phenom 300EV announced in July, does not reach customers until 2028.

Read more: https://www.avnetmag.com/citation-cj4-500th-delivery-gen3

23/08/2026

Preowned business jet transactions rose 21 percent year on year to 746 in the first half of 2026, according to IADA, while available inventory fell to 5.8 percent of the active fleet against a ten year average of 7.2 percent.

Tight markets compress diligence, and the pre-purchase inspection is the first thing to get squeezed. We set out what it actually costs by aircraft class, why West Star Aviation puts the physical inspection at 10 to 12 business days and the records review at 12 to 15 more, who pays for what the inspection finds, and why missing airframe logbooks can take 30 to 50 percent off an aircraft's value before anyone opens a panel.

Read more: https://www.avnetmag.com/how-to-buy-a-preowned-business-jet

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