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Private AviationFrance Taxed Its Own Charter Fleet Out of the Market: How a Ticket Levy Handed 91% of French Flying to Foreign Jets
A French parliamentary report shows French-registered business aviation traffic falling between 11% and 20% every quarter since mid 2025, while foreign-registered aircraft grew and took 91% of the market. The cause is a tax that applies to everyone but is mostly paid by French operators.
Private AviationCanada Proposes a Permanent 100% Write-Off for Business Aircraft, Used Jets Included
Aircraft acquired in Canada on or after 15 September 2026 can be written off in full in the year they become available for use, instead of at 25 percent a year. The measure is proposed as permanent, covers pre-owned aircraft bought at arm's length, and turns the delivery date into a tax date.
LifestyleThe Biggest Yacht Ordered This Year Arrives in 2032: What a Large New Build Now Costs in Time
The largest new superyacht contract of 2026, Lürssen's 125 metre Project M, will not be delivered until May 2032. With fewer but bigger yachts in build and yard slots committed for years, time has become the scarcest part of a large new yacht.
Private AviationLondon City Cleared the Global 8000, and Its Own Approved List Still Has None
Bombardier's London City approval attaches to the type, not to your aircraft. London City's own register shows 210 aircraft from 124 operators, 19 of them Bombardier Globals, and no Global 8000 at all.
Private AviationThe FAA Ends Single-Pilot Flying in Older Citations: What It Costs Owners
The FAA has ended the single-pilot exemptions that let transport category Citations, from the Citation I to the Encore+, be flown by one person. Roughly 1,250 US-registered jets are covered, and from 29 September each needs a qualified second pilot on every flight.
BusinessGulf Brokers Join Asia in Betting on Large Cabin Jets to 2030
Airbus Corporate Jets has now asked the Gulf the questions it asked Asia. 83 percent of 35 Middle East financiers and brokers expect large jet flight activity to grow by 2030, 37 percent dramatically, while Asia's brokers expect nearly nine in ten deals to be an owner trading up. Where the two regions differ, and what it means for a buyer.
BusinessThree Out of Four Jet Deals Will Happen in North America
Global Jet Capital's five year forecast puts 19,691 business jet transactions worth $247 billion on the books through 2030. Three quarters of them happen in North America, and three quarters of aircraft changing hands are already used.
Private AviationNetJets and Flexjet Are Both Building Terminals Only Their Own Owners May Use
NetJets is adding private terminals at Dallas Love Field, Washington Dulles and Rifle, Colorado, and a larger one at Palm Beach, a month after Flexjet opened a $34 million terminal at Farnborough. The two largest fractional operators now compete on buildings, and an owner's choice of programme comes with a ground network attached.
Private AviationA Jet Card Broker Gave Away 78 Cents of Free Flying per Dollar: What to Check
OneFlight International took in 226.3 million dollars of jet card cash in 2026 and handed back 176.4 million in bonus credits and discounts, according to sales records reviewed by Private Jet Card Comparisons. The industry norm is about 4 percent. The ratio is a check any buyer can run before wiring a deposit.
Private AviationOne Software Fault Grounded a Thousand Flights, and Private Jets Were in the Same Queue
NATS took nearly three hours to fix the system that processes filed flight plans, and 23 hours to call operations stable. Business aviation files into that same processor, which is why Luton and London City sat on the delay list beside Heathrow.