NBAA Convention attendees are invited to join the National Aircraft Resale Association (NARA) for a panel session on trends and changes affecting new and used aircraft sales. The session, “Current Trends Impacting Business Aircraft Sales,” is scheduled for Wednesday, October 22, at 3 p.m. in Room S320E and is part of the Management and Aircraft Ownership educational track session.

Set to be an interactive panel discussion, the session will be moderated by NARA chairman Brad Harris, who is also president of Dallas Jet International. Other panelists include Ed Kammerer with Hinckley Allen; Louis Seno with JSSI and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Chad Anderson with Jetcraft Corp.; Nick Cerretani with Cerretani Aviation Group; and Mike Kahmann from CIT Business Aircraft Finance.

The subjects covered during the session range from technology changes to financing and economic and regulatory issues. The technology aspects include how new engines, advanced avionics and passenger cabin communication system have affected marketability of used aircraft. The economic focus examines used aircraft value trends and near-term transaction effects. Financing addresses the impact of availability of financing on sales transactions. And the regulatory issues include current proposed and likely rule changes and their effects on the buying and selling of business aircraft.

Many NARA members can also be found at the organization’s static display at Orlando Executive Airport, where NARA reserved the largest space for members to display their aircraft, an area encompassing more than 110,000 sq ft.