The economic impacts that COVID-19 has had on commercial aviation are severe and will change travel for years to come. With decreased benefits and increased fares, air travel is going to be more costly, regardless of your flier status. Furthermore, it’s going to be more time consuming with less options, longer layovers, and additional screening [...]
How to Buy an Airplane Without Wasting Your Money You know you're ready for plane ownership, but buying an aircraft can be unnecessarily complicated, costing you weeks of time and hundreds of thousands of dollars you shouldn't be using. In this webinar, CBA CEO Rene Banglesdorf guides you through 10 mistakes buyers make and how [...]
Private Aviation Tax Breaks You need the reliability of your own aircraft to keep your business running and your vision moving forward. There are some interesting tax implications that may make this the best time in history to buy, but you need to set things in motion now to take advantage of the incentives. Charlie [...]
Private Aviation Options We recognize that commercial air travel may no longer be a viable option for you, your family or your team. Given that reality, we are committed to sharing your other options in our exclusive webinar series. In this video, the first of three parts, we share which are the safest and most [...]
There's no denying that the economic impacts that COVID-19 has had on commercial aviation are severe, and we anticipate that this global pandemic will change travel for years to come. Here's an infographic overviewing how we anticipate commercial aviation will change: Given the severe impacts, its possible that commercial air travel may no longer be [...]
A few weeks ago, my team and I created a video discussing what we know and what we can foresee in the private aviation market as it relates to these strange times. Though much is unknown, what is clear is that there is a significant reduction in flights both commercial and private. There isn’t anywhere [...]
A couple of weeks ago, Alastair Whyte, founder of Corporate Jet Investor, accused me of being infinitely optimistic. Truly I have made it a habit to find silver linings in any cloudy situation. This time, I think we may have hit upon not just silver, but in fact some gold on the horizon, by combining [...]
A major factor in determining an aircraft’s value is engine program enrollment, but not all programs are created equally. Manufacturers and third-party providers offer a variety of programs, each of which differs in coverage and cost, and the details impact the value of an aircraft. One obvious differentiator is what’s included in coverage. More robust [...]
This is a guest blog written by Tony Kioussis, President and CEO of Asset Insight LLC, on behalf of Charlie Bravo Aviation. Before finalizing their purchase offer, anyone considering the acquisition of an in-service aircraft will, if they are represented by an experienced broker such as Charlie Bravo Aviation, evaluate the maintenance condition [...]
The last time we mentioned 2020 ADS-B requirements, January 1, 2020 seemed like a long way away. Now, with only nine months remaining until the impending deadline, it’s closer than it seems, especially as most service centers and maintenance shops in the U.S. are at near-capacity ADS-B installation schedules through October of 2019. ADS-B equipage [...]