IADA Dealers End 2022 on a High, Next Six Months to See Normalizing Markets
$9.3 Billion in Resale Transactions Recorded |
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| Note to Editors: The senior leaders of IADA will conduct a virtual press conference tomorrow, Wednesday, Jan. 18 at 11 a.m. EST to discuss details of the organization's 2022 Fourth Quarter Market Report. Presenters include IADA Chair Zipporah Marmor, VP, Aircraft Transactions at Montreal-based ACASS, and Vice Chair Phil Winters, VP of Sales & Aircraft Management/Charter at Western Aircraft, Boise, Idaho. To sign up go to https://www.crowdcast.io/e/2022q4iadamarketreport. |
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USA, Jan. 17, 2023 – While annual business jet resale volume was slightly higher for members of the International Aircraft Dealers Association (IADA) in 2022, aircraft dealers indicate that market conditions are normalizing. In the recently released 2022 Fourth Quarter IADA Market Report, IADA accredited dealers and certified brokers reported 1,399 used aircraft sales transactions closed in 2022, compared to 1,370 in 2021, a two percent increase, and the highest total for IADA members in recent memory.
For the year just ended, resale volume represented $9.3 billion in sales, or an average of about $8 million per transaction. As expected, December was the busiest month of the year with 259 resales reported, easily doubling the year's monthly performance average, and surpassing December 2021’s 255 transactions.
Market Headed Towards More Balance
“Looking forward, IADA members have slightly more modest expectations than they did a year ago for the aircraft resale market over the next six-months,” said IADA Executive Director Wayne Starling. “Based on our perspective survey of IADA members, the more moderate six-month resale projections also hold true for the aircraft finance and aircraft leasing market,” Starling added.
Austin Bass, Market Research Manager for accredited dealer OGARAJETS in Atlanta, said “Over the next six months, I believe we will continue to see market normalization. I anticipate a more balanced market, with the majority of aircraft beginning to depreciate at slightly higher than pre-pandemic levels,” Bass added, “Pricing for high-time and legacy aircraft will likely fall the most, while pricing for newly delivered aircraft will likely benefit from OEM backlogs.”
Qualitative and Quantitative Data in Market Report
The perspectives and projections from IADA members for the IADA Market Report are informed by the monthly activity reports submitted by IADA dealers through AircraftExchange. In addition to sales data from AircraftExchange listings, the IADA Market Report includes data from all IADA accredited dealer activities and transactions, reported in total. To register to download the 2022 IADA Fourth Quarter Market Report go to https://aircraftexchange.com/market-report. |
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IADA members noted that the next six-months should bring a slight increase in inventory and stable outlooks for supply, willingness to inventory and demand. This holds for all business aircraft segments, including turboprops, light jets, mid-size jets, and large and ultra-long range business jets.
Year-to-date, IADA members reported 688 new acquisition agreements in 2022, 723 exclusively retained to sell agreements, 104 lowered price transactions, 85 deals that fell apart, and 972 aircraft under contract. Overall activity was similar to that of 2021, except there were more lowered price transactions in 2022 and fewer aircraft under contract.
Comments from IADA Members
“Market demand has greatly surpassed supply for the past two years and while this is still the case, the market’s extreme demand has recently settled likely on the heels of market pricing that elevated to all-time highs in the summer of 2022 resulting in supply and demand moving toward alignment.” -- IADA Vice Chair Phil Winters, VP of Sales & Aircraft Management/Charter, Western Aircraft, Idaho.
"Overall, the market seems very resilient and healthy for the time being. The demand side of the market (buyers) continues to do a good job absorbing the increasing amount of inventory hitting the market. This continues to surprise me, although maybe it shouldn’t anymore." --Shawn Dinning, Senior Partner at Dallas Jet International, Texas.
"We continue to experience very strong client demand. Half of our transactions are on aircraft that never see the open market and 100 percent of those current off-market transactions include an IADA dealer/broker on the other side." -- Jim Riner, Owner / Managing Director, Wetzel Aviation, Colorado.
"While inventories rose slightly over Q3/Q4, OGARA tracked four consecutive declining weeks in December. Our Q1 pipeline remains flush with a handful of “left-over” ‘22 transactions as well as several new listings and acquisition engagements. Today’s market still very much favors the seller; however, we do expect to see a slow building of supply as we move into Q2 and summer, creating some softening in prices. That said, we do not predict a significant building of supply nor a significant dilution of prices." -- Johnny Foster, President & CEO, at OGARAJETS, Georgia. |
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The IADA Market Report is an informative and reliable view of the state of the aviation industry. It covers IADA-accredited dealers’ perceptions about the market taken from its survey of IADA members, and actual sales data reported monthly by IADA dealers, even when inventory is difficult to locate and might never appear on the open market. However, it does not include preowned aircraft transactions conducted solely by IADA’s OEM members.
About AircraftExchange.com
IADA's AircraftExchange marketing search portal is the only site where every aircraft listed for sale is represented by an IADA-accredited dealer. AircraftExchange enables users to create a confidential dashboard of business jets for sale, filtered based on their features and amenities, class size, age, and price. Users can browse through data-rich listings for available business aircraft. For more info go to https://www.AircraftExchange.com.
About the International Aircraft Dealers Association
IADA is a professional trade association formed more than 30 years ago, promoting the growth and public understanding of the aircraft resale industry. IADA's dealers consist of the top 12 percent of the world's experts who handle 46 percent of used business aircraft sales. IADA accredited dealers buy and sell more aircraft by dollar volume than the rest of the world’s dealers combined, annually averaging over 1,100 transactions.
Ninety-six percent of IADA dealers do business in North America, 55 percent of dealers operate in Europe, 49 percent are active in Latin America, 46 percent do business in Asia and the Pacific region and 41 percent work in the Middle East and Africa.
To earn accreditation, IADA dealers must meet tough accreditation standards, receive sponsorship from current IADA-accredited aircraft dealers and undergo a formal review process. IADA-accredited aircraft dealers agree to adhere toa strict code of ethics that ensures fully transparent transactions between IADA dealers and aircraft buyers. IADA also represents a variety of IADA-verified product and aviation services members that operate with the highest professional standards in the industry. For more info go to https://www.iada.aero. |
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IADA Media Contact
Jim Gregory for International Aircraft Dealers Association
James Gregory Consultancy llc
jim@jimgregoryworks.com
(316) 558-8578 |
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