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Pre-Owned Aircraft Markets Continue to Contract in January as Inventory Levels Fall Across All Segments

New Sandhills Global market reports offer details on inventory and pricing trends for pre-owned jet aircraft, piston-single aircraft, turboprop aircraft, and Robinson piston helicopters on Controller.com and other Sandhills platforms. Inventory level trends are declining across all markets. Asking prices are exhibiting mixed trends among used aircraft categories, with jet and turboprop prices trending downward and piston-single aircraft prices trending sideways.

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Market Report Details

This report includes detailed analyses of asking values and inventory trends in used aircraft markets, along with charts that help readers visualize the data. It describes and quantifies important trends in the buying and selling of used jet, piston-single, turboprop, and Robinson piston helicopter aircraft.

Global Used Jet Aircraft

• Pre-owned jet inventory levels slipped 2.88% month over month and 14.6% year over year in January. These decreases are maintaining a clear downward trend in the market. The used large jet category had the sharpest M/M inventory decline at 5.09%, while the used super mid jet segment posted the largest YOY drop at 16.67%.
• Asking prices fell 0.85% M/M and 2.86% YOY, continuing the market’s downward trajectory. The used mid jet category posted the largest M/M asking price decrease at 1.55%, while the used large jet category suffered the largest YOY decrease at 3.87%.

U.S. and Canada Used Piston-Single Aircraft

• Pre-owned piston-single aircraft inventory fell 5.44% M/M and 22.39% YOY in January and continued a 6-month-long downward trend.
• Asking prices exhibited a marginal decline, slipping 0.07% M/M and 0.83% YOY. Asking values are currently trending sideways.

Global Used Turboprop Aircraft

• Inventory levels in the global pre-owned turboprop aircraft market continued to decline, decreasing by 2.4% M/M and 11.78% YOY and trending downward.
• Asking prices showed a modest increase of 0.18% M/M in January but fell 2.62% YOY and are trending downward.

Global Used Robinson Piston Helicopters

• Inventory levels in this market continued to slide in January, down 5.88% M/M and 7.69% YOY, and are trending sideways.
• Asking prices continued to rise, up 5.53% M/M and 5.37% YOY, maintaining a consistent upward trend.

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About the Sandhills Equipment Value Index

The Sandhills Equipment Value Index (EVI) is a principal gauge of the estimated market values of used assets—both currently and over time—across the construction, agricultural, commercial trucking, and aviation industries represented by Sandhills Global marketplaces, including Controller.com, AuctionTime.com, TractorHouse.com, MachineryTrader.com, TruckPaper.com, and other industry-specific equipment platforms. Powered by VIP+ and AircraftValuation, Sandhills’ proprietary asset valuation tools, Sandhills EVI provides useful insights into the ever-changing supply-and-demand conditions for each industry.