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LifestyleCollector Cars Set a $756M Record at Monterey While the Blue Chips Stalled
Private AviationBigger Jets, Longer Legs and a Rush Into Jet Cards: What One Broker's Half Year Shows
BusinessMoody's Raises Bombardier to Ba2, and Why That Matters in the Hangar
BusinessThe 500th Citation CJ4 Ships as the Gen3 Waits on the FAA
Private AviationHow to Buy a Preowned Business Jet: What the Pre-Purchase Inspection Decides
Private AviationThe Best Private Jets for Transatlantic Flights in 2026
- Lifestyle
Collector Cars Set a $756M Record at Monterey While the Blue Chips Stalled
The Monterey Car Week auctions sold $755.6 million of collector cars in mid-August 2026, lapping the previous record of $471.2 million. Volume was flat. Price did all the work, and only for a narrow band of cars.
- Private Aviation
Bigger Jets, Longer Legs and a Rush Into Jet Cards: What One Broker's Half Year Shows
Air Charter Service moved 16% more charter contracts in its 2026 first half and took 38% more money for them. Market-wide flight activity grew about 4%. The gap is the story: demand is concentrating at the top of the cabin range and moving into prepaid cards.
- Business
Moody's Raises Bombardier to Ba2, and Why That Matters in the Hangar
Moody's Ratings raised Bombardier's corporate family rating to Ba2 from Ba3 in mid-August 2026, the manufacturer's second upgrade in twelve months. For anyone holding a delivery slot or a Global in the hangar, an airframer's balance sheet is not an abstraction.
- Business
The 500th Citation CJ4 Ships as the Gen3 Waits on the FAA
Textron Aviation handed over the 500th Cessna Citation CJ4 on 17 August 2026. The more consequential number is 880: the flight test hours flown on the CJ4 Gen3, which the company expects the FAA to certify before the year is out.
- Private Aviation
How to Buy a Preowned Business Jet: What the Pre-Purchase Inspection Decides
Preowned transactions rose 21 percent in the first half of 2026 and inventory fell to 5.8 percent of the active fleet. In a market that tight, the pre-purchase inspection is the first thing buyers are pressured to shorten, and the last point at which the deposit is still theirs.
- Private Aviation
The Best Private Jets for Transatlantic Flights in 2026
The Gulfstream G800 is certified at 8,200 nautical miles. Teterboro to Farnborough is 2,986. A route by route look at which jets actually cross the Atlantic nonstop, and which are selling range nobody flies.
BusinessOrder Books Hit a Record $66.8 Billion While Deliveries Appear to Stall
Business aircraft order books reached $66.8 billion at the end of the second quarter, up 20.4% year over year, while reported deliveries fell 19.8% by unit. The gap between those two numbers is smaller than it looks, and it still leaves buyers waiting longer.
Private AviationThe Real Annual Cost of Owning a Private Jet in 2026
A midsize jet costs $700,000 to $1.2 million a year before it burns a gallon of fuel. The full 2026 breakdown, including the depreciation most budgets leave out.
Private AviationFractional vs Jet Card vs Charter: Which One Fits Which Flyer
The three ways to fly private converge on a similar cost per hour for similar aircraft. What separates them is how many hours you fly and how much you are willing to commit before you know what next year looks like.
Private AviationWhat an Empty Leg Flight Actually Is, and When It Is Worth It
Empty leg flights sell at 30 to 75 percent below the equivalent charter because the aircraft is repositioning anyway. The saving is real, and so is the reason for it: the flight belongs to somebody else's schedule.
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