Buying the right aircraft and buying it right is a complex process
Defining your needs, developing comparisons between models, evaluating specific aircraft, establishing value, preparing offers on your behalf and closing the transaction...are all part of our service. Our Knowledge is the key to avoid making costly mistakes.
An impartial assessment of your needs
How often, with how many passengers and where do you fly? What is a sensible budget for you? What are the merits of chartering, owning a fraction or acquiring a whole aircraft? What will the cost be to finance, own and operate an aircraft? What are the tax implications? These are all questions that you may need help addressing.
Advice on Makes and Models
Which aircraft fit your requirements? Are there alternatives you haven’t considered? What are the specific operating and ownership costs of each? What is the residual outlook for each?
Market Reports
What is the current availability and asking prices and trends? What were the recent transactions? Is availability increasing or decreasing and what percent of the fleet is for sale?
Comparison
Reducing the available fleet to a common denominator to compare them against each other in financial terms is necessary to ascertain which represents the best value for money. Which of these meets your requirements?
Negotiation
How to make the offers, in what order and negotiating the contract including representations and warranties and conditions is a vital step in the process.
Inspection
Prepurchase facility selection, definition of the scope of the survey and the aircraft positioning.
Acceptance
Rectification of survey defects, renegotiation and deposit arrangements.
Handover
Delivery, documentation, certification and registration.
