Plus G650 Mania!

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Some wise person once said that if you create something to solve your own problem there are probably more people out there that’ll value what you’ve created.

I started Bizjet Buzz to keep myself up to date with the jet market, and have fun while I was at it.

After years of learning about the business jet market, I felt there was something missing.

I’d been analyzing the jet market in detail - how many jets are for sale, how many have sold, what’s the value of this jet or the price of that one.

Reading whatever I could find - market overviews, analyses, forecasts…I was disappointed.

Not only was the important data missing, but everything written about the jet market was… well… boring as…

My own research, digging into historic and current market data, proved to be far more exciting.

I realised nobody was presenting the jet market in an entertaining way.

The world deserved better!

Bizjet Buzz was born.

If you want boring, emotionless reports with too many numbers and unnecessary stats… you’re in the wrong place.

If you want entertaining market updates written by a human who lives in the business aviation industry, you’re going to love this.

What you can expect every other Saturday.

A 10-minute read with a mix of the following:

🛩️ A complete market overview broken down by jet category

🛩️ The number of jets for sale and recent transactions

🛩️ Feature articles on specific jets, jet markets or jet operating costs

🛩️  Historic market ups & downs

🛩️  Bizav industry news

🛩️  Whatever else I feel like writing…because well… I’m the boss.

Jet engines don’t do big dirty ash clouds.

Volcano ash contains Silica. When you heat Silica it turns into liquid glass.

British Airways Flight 009 was en route from from Kuala Lumpur to Perth in 1982.

It would have been helpful for Captain Moody and his 250 passengers to know that Mount Galunggung had just erupted, given that the volcano was directly in the flight path of their Boeing 747.

The sky above Mount Galunggung, near Jakarta, Indonesia, was filled with volcanic ash.

As you know, jets don’t do ash. In the middle of the ash cloud, the Rolls-Royce engines began to flame out until all four were gone.

Captain Moody was able to glide his Queen at a ratio of 15:1. 15 miles forward, 1 mile down.

Would they have to ditch her in the shark infested Indian Ocean?

Moody wasn’t giving up!

Not before another attempt to restart the engines. The first attempt had failed . 🫣

At an altitude of 13,500 ft, the crew attempted the engine restart procedure. The engines had cooled and the glass in the turbine shattered.

They got one one fired up, then another and another.

They were back!

No time for tea just yet Moody! The crew still faced a huge challenge.

The volcanic ash had made the windscreen impossible to see out of.

Despite zero visibility, they landed in Jakarta using instruments only, on an approach which Moody described as “a bit like negotiating one's way up a badger's arse.”

You got to hand it to Moody. His British wit never faltered, even in the face of death.

What a comeback!

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston Churchill

Hands up who wants a Gulfstream G650?

Hands up who can afford one?

There maybe less hands in the air once you mention affordability.

But the number of those hands, like the hand our favourite Shark above, is growing. Pretty fast actually.

The number of the world’s billionaires has grown by 1,618 since 2016. A 90% increase in 10 years.

The world fleet of bizjets has increased 22% in 10 years.

I’m not saying that every billionaire is buying a jet.

My point is that all of you can at least afford one. The Total Addressable Market has ballooned.

With that knowledge, are you surprised when you see a graph like below?

The last 18 months has been G650 mania!

Availability dropped all the way down to 2022 levels this year, and 2022 was the Great Pandemic Induced Bizjet Boom

The total heavy jet market did not.

The G650 was produced from 2012 to 2025, so the fleet is relatively young with an average age of 8 years.

The Gulfstream G700 is the upgrade to the G650. It’s roomier with slightly more range.

A new one cost around $85mil with a two year wait.

Very few G700s appear on the pre-owned market. There are only 107 in service.

On the other hand, you can pick up a pre-owned G650 for around $45 mil. Does pretty much the same thing as a G700 and right now you have eight to choose from.

Now you know what the G650 market is up to.

Any market of interest let me know. I’ll include it in the next issue of Bizjet Buzz.

Are we in a Buyer market or a Seller market?

Which side do current market conditions favour?

This index tracks transactions vs availability, calibrated over 40 years of data.

As of June 30th, the index read 2.9. A lot of transactions in June to keep us in a seller market.

You can read the index as follows:

Starlink Doubles Aviation Prices, Adds Region Boundaries (Aviation International News, July 8, 2026)

Embraer Launches Phenom 300EV With Emergency Autoland, Other Features (Aviation Week, July 14, 2026)

Business jet activity stays positive as North America pulls ahead (GlobalAir.com, July 16, 2026)

Wheels Up completes fleet overhaul early, narrows to two jet types (GlobalAir.com, July 8, 2026)

flyExclusive Completes Strategic Aviation Asset Acquisition, Accelerating Fleet Growth, Customer Expansion and Capital Flexibility (Business Wire, July 14, 2026)

World Cup Fever!

Argentina take on Spain in the final tomorrow at the New York New Jersey ‘MetLife’ Stadium 3pm Eastern.

There are zero slots remaining to land your PJ at White Pains or Teterboro.

My uncle Dylan (an avid Bizjet Buzz reader) has Spain, I have Argentina! €350 on the line. Come on Argentina! 🇦🇷

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DISCLAIMER: This newsletter is strictly educational and not advice for investment or financial decisions. Any and all opinions herein are the personal opinions of the author, Colin Dunne, unless stated otherwise stated.