Brokerage · Private Aviation
Aircraft Broker for Private Jet Sales and Acquisition
According to Passion Asset Advisory, independent acquisition advice means representing one side only under a written mandate confirmed before work begins. It sits alongside your wealth manager, never in place of them. A ‘do nothing’ recommendation is always a valid outcome.
What does the aircraft brokerage include?
One desk manages the work from the first instruction to a clean closing. This includes sourcing, verification, negotiation, and an escrow-sequenced completion. The desk owns none of the aircraft it recommends and earns one disclosed fee at closing.
- Buyer side: mission profiling, full-cost budget modeling, candidates from listings and operator networks, records review, pre-purchase inspection at a facility acceptable to your side, negotiation, contract, escrow. The full sequence: how to buy a private jet
- Seller side: logbooks and program status prepared before buyers ask, valuation from closed transactions, principals and advisors approached privately, offers and inspection managed, de-registration and delivery coordinated. The discreet route: selling without listing
We work across every major OEM (Gulfstream, Bombardier, Dassault, Embraer, Textron, Pilatus, and the bizliners) detailed on the acquisition page.
How do aircraft broker fees and commissions work?
Brokers typically charge a success-based commission. Larger airframes are often quoted at about 1–3%, while smaller aircraft may use higher percentages or flat fees. Buyer-side work can use a retainer plus a success fee. Some intermediaries instead take an undisclosed margin between the buyer's payment and the seller's proceeds. That is trading, not brokerage.
Ours is published: 2–3% on buyer-side acquisition mandates, 4–5% on seller-side sales: success-based, at the strong end of the market, confirmed in the engagement letter before work begins, and never collected from both sides of one deal. If any intermediary hesitates on the question "exactly how are you compensated, and by whom?": the hesitation is the answer.
Why does a brokerage with no inventory negotiate differently?
A mandate-led desk has no inventory to unload. A dealer's advice can point toward aircraft in its hangar, while a charter operator can favor fleet utilization. Our desk earns the same disclosed fee whichever aircraft wins. It can therefore recommend a mid-time airframe with flawless records or no purchase this quarter. Learn more in private office vs marketplace.
Frequently asked questions
Brokerage or dealer: how do I tell which I'm talking to?
Ask who owns the aircraft and how the intermediary is paid. A brokerage represents one side for a disclosed fee and owns no aircraft. A dealer sells its own stock and earns the spread. Both are legitimate businesses, but only the brokerage provides independent representation.
Do you work with first-time aircraft buyers?
Yes. First-time buyers often benefit most from representation. We define the mission profile before reviewing listings, set a full-cost budget before offers, and arrange an inspection controlled by the buyer. Choosing not to buy an unsuitable aircraft can be the best outcome.
Where is your aircraft brokerage desk based?
In Main Point Karlín (Karlín's award-winning business center) at Pobřežní 620/3, Prague 8, ten minutes from Prague's old town. Meetings are by appointment, in Prague or wherever the asset and the client are; mandates are executed worldwide under the same confidentiality discipline.
How long does a transaction take?
Acquisitions typically run two to six months end to end; confidential sales of well-documented airframes complete in a similar window. Rare configurations take longer. We quote that honestly before the mandate starts, not after.
Do you handle the operational side after closing?
We coordinate the handoff (management company introductions, program transfers, insurance) as part of the mandate, and the advisory practice can keep the holding reviewed annually thereafter.
Private Aviation
One desk. Either side. Never both.
Tell us which side of the transaction you are on. The economics, the timeline, and the process arrive in writing before anything begins.
Aircraft broker comparisons by mandate
Buyer and seller mandates require different market coverage, diligence, and negotiation controls. For a light-aircraft mission, compare the cabin, runway, range and operating trade-offs in the Phenom 300E, Citation CJ4 and Pilatus PC-24 analysis.