Chad is the editor of AINalerts, AIN's daily business aviation newsletter, and is also the news editor at AIN Media Group.&nbsp;He has been writing about aviation, with an emphasis on business aviation, since 1994. Chad started his writing career at The Avion,&nbsp;the&nbsp;student newspaper at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, serving as editor-in-chief before graduating with a bachelor's in aeronautical science. After a stint as managing editor at Professional Pilot&nbsp;magazine, he joined&nbsp;AIN in late 1998. Chad holds a commercial pilot certificated with instrument and multi-engine ratings, and he also is a CFI/CFII. He lives and works from his home in Venice, Florida.

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Business aviation market analyst Brian Foley Associates does not expect business jet deliveries to top 2008 levels for at least another 10 years. “A confluence of factors came together to create last year’s record-breaking 1,313 aircraft deliveries,” company president Brian Foley said in a report released today. “The probability of each major market driver of business jet sales simultaneously peaking again seems remote.” According to Foley, the factors that created the business jet delivery boom from 2003 to 2008 include worldwide stock market indices reaching new highs, strong gross domestic product, healthy corporate profits and growing personal wealth. Additionally, he noted, the U.S. dollar’s value dropped, enticing international markets to buy dollar-denominated business jets, and easy credit was available. “Since aircraft deliveries lag sales by a year or two, the perfect sales environment would have to materialize again within the next eight years to be captured in our forecast through 2018. That seems unlikely in this environment following a worldwide recession. As the relatively young business jet industry matures, it will eventually discover that there’s a finite market for business jets and that not every upturn will necessarily have to be bigger than the last,” said the analyst.

Bizjet Deliveries Won’t Reach 2008 Peak Anytime Soon

Business aviation market analyst Brian Foley Associates does not expect business jet deliveries to top 2008 levels for at least another 10 years.

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