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IADA says pre-owned business aircraft deal volume is up more than 20 percent from a year ago. Dealers signed 334 acquisition agreements in Q2 2026 and closed 746 deals, despite very tight late-model inventory.
Read the brief →The Praetor 500 is the midsize sibling of the Praetor 600, upgraded from the Legacy 450 with a 3,340 nm range that allows true coast-to-coast US flights with reserves. It shares the family's fly-by-wire controls, six-foot flat-floor cabin and Pro Line Fusion cockpit, and NetJets selected it as a fleet type in 2023. Range 3,340 nm, 7 seats, about $19,500,000 new and roughly $2,900 an hour in fuel and maintenance.
Full profile →Golfer Arnold Palmer took delivery of the very first Cessna Citation X in 1996; it was the fastest civil aircraft after Concorde at Mach 0.92. (Cessna / Textron Aviation history)
More numbers →4,231 nautical miles, about 10h 03m in a large jet, roughly $133,608–$207,677 one-way for four — about $42,661 a seat.
Price this route →On 19 November 2023 a Gulfstream G600 flew from Savannah to Farnborough burning only sustainable aviation fuel made from waste fats, the first transatlantic crossing on 100 percent SAF. Business aviation has pledged net-zero by 2050, but SAF still made up well under one percent of jet fuel worldwide, and most manufacturers now demonstrate on blends of 30 to 100 percent.
The full timeline →India's first BBJ MAX 9 arrived in August 2024 after a completion in Switzerland, with the total reported at about $150 million. The Reliance fleet has also included an Airbus ACJ319, two Dassault Falcon 900EXs, a Global 6000 and a Global Express, making it one of Asia's largest family-controlled corporate fleets.
The story →MOSTLY TRUE — It was, for most of two decades. The original Citation X (1996) was certified to Mach 0.92 and later 0.92+, the Citation X+ (2014) to Mach 0.935, and it held or shared the title of fastest civil aircraft until December 2025, when Bombardier's Global 8000 entered service at Mach 0.94. Cessna stopped building the X+ in 2018, so today's claim is a past-tense one.
The evidence →