Les avions sont rares et (trop) chers
Posted: Thu 10 Mar, 2005 00:14
Bonjour a tous!
Je planifie presentement l'achat d'un avion et je suis un peu decourage.
Les avions en bonne condition, ayant un nombre d'heures "decents" sur le moteur et la cellule, sont tres, tres rares et ceux que l'on retrouve sur le marche qui repondent a ces normes sont trop chers (lire surevalues).
Est-ce que, selon vous, il est preferable de regarder sur le marche americain puisque le dollar canadien s'est considerablement raffermi au cours des derniers mois?
Toujours selon vous, quel est la valeur reelle d'un cessna 172 ayant environ 4 a 5000 heures de vol avec un moteur ayant moins de 1000 heures SMOH.
On peut trouver un Cessna 172 avec ces caracteristiques pour environ $50,000 US. ce qui revient a dire $62,000 CAD.
J'ai sciemment ignore les taxes (sachant que je devrai les payer si j'importe l'avion) mais je voulais comparer des pommes avec des pommes.
Un article sur le site de COPA aborde le sujet. j'en reproduis si-apres quelques extraits (en anglais malheureusement).
Alors ais-je raison d'etre decourage dans ma demarche d'achat d'un avion?
En passant, j'ai bien hate de pouvoir me rendre en avion vous rencontrer lors des RAV.
Michel
Kidkodak240
The Canadian Dollar and Aircraft Prices – What is Going On?
By Adam Hunt (article written in October 2004)
COPA has had many calls in recent weeks from aircraft buyers and sellers with lots of questions. Commonly asked by buyers, “Why are aircraft prices so much lower in the USA than in Canada?” Asked by sellers “Why isn’t my aircraft selling?” and from everyone “How is the high Canadian dollar affecting aircraft prices?”
The answers are relatively clear. Some people selling aircraft haven’t noticed that the Canadian dollar is at record highs for recent years against the US dollar. Because there is one unified market in aircraft in North America and it is easy to import and export aircraft that means that that all aircraft are valued in US dollars. When the Canadian dollar goes up in value, airplanes get cheaper. This is good news for people buying aircraft and bad news for those selling.
The Canadian dollar peaked out at $1.56 about a year and a half ago. Today it is at about $1.26. That means that airplanes are now about 23% cheaper in Canada than they were in January 2003, while Americans haven’t noticed any difference in their prices. It also means that aircraft parts and hull insurance are cheaper, since you don’t have to buy as much hull insurance.
A recent COPA validation showed that the BlueBook values are very accurate for aircraft prices in the US. In Canada about half the aircraft being advertised are at realistic prices while the asking prices on the other half are far too high. Advertising aircraft that are overpriced naturally results in few phones calls and no sales.
The current situation with the Canadian dollar and aircraft values is good news for Canadians looking to buy an aircraft. It also means, as many COPA members are discovering, that if you cannot find the aircraft you are looking for at a realistic price in Canada, and then check the US market. South of the border they are unaware that the Canadian dollar has become stronger – their used aircraft asking prices, in US dollars,
haven’t changed much in the past year or two. Lots of Canadians are buying aircraft in the US right now and importing them into Canada.
It looks like the higher dollar will be with us for a while and that means that aircraft will remain cheaper to buy, get parts for and insure for hull value in the near future. If you are looking to buy an aircraft this is a great time to do that – just ensure that you don’t pay last year’s prices for an aircraft.
If you are selling an aircraft you have to accept that it is worth a lot less than it was a year or two ago, or else decide to keep it and not sell it at the present time. Economics being what they are, the future of used aircraft prices will depend on what happens with many factors, including the strength of the Canadian dollar.
Je planifie presentement l'achat d'un avion et je suis un peu decourage.
Les avions en bonne condition, ayant un nombre d'heures "decents" sur le moteur et la cellule, sont tres, tres rares et ceux que l'on retrouve sur le marche qui repondent a ces normes sont trop chers (lire surevalues).
Est-ce que, selon vous, il est preferable de regarder sur le marche americain puisque le dollar canadien s'est considerablement raffermi au cours des derniers mois?
Toujours selon vous, quel est la valeur reelle d'un cessna 172 ayant environ 4 a 5000 heures de vol avec un moteur ayant moins de 1000 heures SMOH.
On peut trouver un Cessna 172 avec ces caracteristiques pour environ $50,000 US. ce qui revient a dire $62,000 CAD.
J'ai sciemment ignore les taxes (sachant que je devrai les payer si j'importe l'avion) mais je voulais comparer des pommes avec des pommes.
Un article sur le site de COPA aborde le sujet. j'en reproduis si-apres quelques extraits (en anglais malheureusement).
Alors ais-je raison d'etre decourage dans ma demarche d'achat d'un avion?
En passant, j'ai bien hate de pouvoir me rendre en avion vous rencontrer lors des RAV.
Michel
Kidkodak240
The Canadian Dollar and Aircraft Prices – What is Going On?
By Adam Hunt (article written in October 2004)
COPA has had many calls in recent weeks from aircraft buyers and sellers with lots of questions. Commonly asked by buyers, “Why are aircraft prices so much lower in the USA than in Canada?” Asked by sellers “Why isn’t my aircraft selling?” and from everyone “How is the high Canadian dollar affecting aircraft prices?”
The answers are relatively clear. Some people selling aircraft haven’t noticed that the Canadian dollar is at record highs for recent years against the US dollar. Because there is one unified market in aircraft in North America and it is easy to import and export aircraft that means that that all aircraft are valued in US dollars. When the Canadian dollar goes up in value, airplanes get cheaper. This is good news for people buying aircraft and bad news for those selling.
The Canadian dollar peaked out at $1.56 about a year and a half ago. Today it is at about $1.26. That means that airplanes are now about 23% cheaper in Canada than they were in January 2003, while Americans haven’t noticed any difference in their prices. It also means that aircraft parts and hull insurance are cheaper, since you don’t have to buy as much hull insurance.
A recent COPA validation showed that the BlueBook values are very accurate for aircraft prices in the US. In Canada about half the aircraft being advertised are at realistic prices while the asking prices on the other half are far too high. Advertising aircraft that are overpriced naturally results in few phones calls and no sales.
The current situation with the Canadian dollar and aircraft values is good news for Canadians looking to buy an aircraft. It also means, as many COPA members are discovering, that if you cannot find the aircraft you are looking for at a realistic price in Canada, and then check the US market. South of the border they are unaware that the Canadian dollar has become stronger – their used aircraft asking prices, in US dollars,
haven’t changed much in the past year or two. Lots of Canadians are buying aircraft in the US right now and importing them into Canada.
It looks like the higher dollar will be with us for a while and that means that aircraft will remain cheaper to buy, get parts for and insure for hull value in the near future. If you are looking to buy an aircraft this is a great time to do that – just ensure that you don’t pay last year’s prices for an aircraft.
If you are selling an aircraft you have to accept that it is worth a lot less than it was a year or two ago, or else decide to keep it and not sell it at the present time. Economics being what they are, the future of used aircraft prices will depend on what happens with many factors, including the strength of the Canadian dollar.