For Aircraft Buyers
Buy an AircraftWith Someone on Your Side.
We work out what aircraft actually fits how you fly, search the listed and off-market inventory, inspect it properly before you commit, and negotiate the price. We are paid by you, never by the seller. Gulfstream, Bombardier Global and Dassault Falcon, typically $8M to $20M.
In brief
MyVIP Aviation represents buyers of pre-owned large-cabin jets — Gulfstream, Bombardier Global and Dassault Falcon aircraft, usually between $8M and $20M. We define what you need, search the listed and off-market inventory, manage the pre-buy inspection, negotiate the price and close the purchase. We are paid by you, never by the seller. Most purchases complete in 60–120 days. Madison Wade handles every acquisition personally.
What We Do For Buyers
We only ever represent one side of a purchase — yours. We search both the public listings and the aircraft that never get advertised, tell you honestly which ones are worth pursuing, arrange and oversee the inspection, and negotiate the price and the terms. Looking to sell instead? Visit Aircraft Sales →
What It Costs and How Long It Takes
- The aircraft
- Proven large-cabin jets generally trade between $8M and $20M depending on year, hours and maintenance programme status. Running one costs roughly $2M–$4M a year.
- Our fee and your costs
- A buy-side fee agreed in writing before we start, paid by you — we take nothing from the seller. The pre-buy inspection and the escrow agent are billed to you directly and quoted before you commit.
- Timeline
- Usually 60–120 days from first conversation to delivery. The search takes as long as it takes; the inspection is two to four weeks and the closing about two more.
Three ways to buy
How You Can Buy
01
FULL PURCHASE
Buy the whole aircraft
The standard route. We search everything on the market and a good deal that is not, check each candidate's records before you spend money on it, run the inspection, and close through escrow so you take clean title with no inherited maintenance surprises.
02
PART PURCHASE
Buy a share (25% or 50%)
If you fly 100–200 hours a year, owning all of a heavy jet is rarely the right answer. We find a share in the right aircraft and write the agreement covering scheduling, shared crew and cost splits, so you get the aircraft without the full annual bill.
03
OFFSET THE COST
Buy and charter it out
Your aircraft will sit idle most of the year. We check candidates for charter suitability before you buy — cabin layout, hours, programme enrolment — and connect you with an operator who can put it to work when you are not flying it, recovering part of the running cost.
From first call to handover
What Happens, Step by Step
Phase 01
We work out what you actually need
How far you fly, how often, with how many people, and what you are prepared to spend on the purchase and on running it. This is where most bad purchases get prevented — buying more aircraft than the mission requires is the most expensive mistake in this market.
Phase 02
We search the market, including what is not listed
Every aircraft advertised worldwide, plus owners we know who would sell for the right number but have not listed. You get a short list of genuine candidates with the reasoning, not a spreadsheet of everything for sale.
Phase 03
We check the records and make the offer
Logbooks, damage history, maintenance programme status and how the aircraft has been operated. Then a letter of intent written to protect you — deposit held in escrow, refundable if the inspection turns up something serious.
Phase 04
We inspect it before you commit
At a maintenance facility of our choosing, not the seller's: panels off, engines borescoped, avionics tested, records audited. You pay the facility for this — usually a five-figure sum — and it routinely pays for itself in what it finds and what comes off the price. Two to four weeks.
Phase 05
We close it and get it delivered
Funds move through an aviation escrow agent, title and registration transfer, import and tax steps are filed, and the aircraft is delivered to you. Money only leaves escrow once the title is clean.
Why an Independent Broker
We own no aircraft
We have no stock to shift, so we will never push you toward a jet that has been sitting unsold because it suits us to move it.
We are paid by you, not the seller
One fee, from you, agreed in writing before we start. We take nothing from the seller or their broker, which is why we can push hard on your price.
One person, start to finish
Madison Wade handles your purchase personally, from the first conversation to the delivery flight. No handover to a junior halfway through.
Market Intelligence
Reading for Buyers
BUYER GUIDES
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Read Analysis →Frequently Asked Questions
- How much does a pre-owned Gulfstream G550 or Global 6000 cost?
- Proven large-cabin jets generally trade between $8M and $20M, depending on year, hours flown and whether the engines are on a maintenance programme. Budget separately for the pre-buy inspection and for $2M–$4M a year to run the aircraft. Our used private jet price benchmarks break the asking ranges down by model and year.
- How long does it take to buy a used private jet?
- Usually 60–120 days from the first conversation to the delivery flight. The search is the variable part; once an aircraft is chosen, the inspection takes two to four weeks and the closing about another two. Cross-border purchases with import and registration steps take longer.
- What is a pre-buy inspection and do I have to pay for it?
- It is a full physical and paperwork examination of the aircraft before you buy it — logbooks, structure, engine borescopes, avionics — carried out at a maintenance facility. The buyer pays for it, typically a five-figure sum, and it is not optional in our view: what it finds either gets fixed by the seller or comes off the price. We set the scope and oversee it for you.
- Can I buy a share of a jet instead of the whole thing?
- Yes. We arrange 25% and 50% co-ownership positions and write the agreement covering who flies when, how the crew is shared and how costs are split. Below roughly 200 hours a year this is usually the better economic answer — our fractional versus charter analysis sets out the maths.
- What does it cost to run a heavy jet each year?
- Between $2M and $4M a year for a large-cabin jet, covering crew salaries, insurance, hangarage, maintenance programmes and fuel. The figure moves mostly with how much you fly. Our operating cost per hour guide gives the numbers model by model.
- Can I charter out my aircraft to help cover the cost?
- Yes, and it is worth deciding before you buy, because not every aircraft is suitable. We check cabin layout, hours and programme status against what operators actually want, so the jet can earn while you are not using it. It offsets part of the running cost — it does not make ownership free.
- Can you help me buy an aircraft located in another country?
- Yes, and most large-cabin purchases are cross-border. We handle the import duties, registration and regulatory steps across Europe, the US and the Middle East, with funds held by an aviation escrow agent until title transfers cleanly.
For Aircraft Buyers
Looking for an aircraft?
Start with a conversation about how you actually fly — routes, passengers, budget — and we will tell you which aircraft make sense and what they are trading for right now. No cost, no obligation.