NAFA member Jeff Dunn, Founder of Hawthorne Aero Valuation Services, shares his latest article about where business aviation finance stands right now.
What a week at NAFA in Savannah reinforced about where business aviation finance stands right now.
The mood at the NAFA conference in Savannah this week was one of genuine optimism. Low used inventory, elevated values across many segments, and lenders who by most accounts remain hungry to put money to work. For anyone who lived through the decade-plus of compressed values that followed the financial crisis, the current environment feels like a meaningful shift.
And it is. But it also warrants a clear-eyed look at what's driving it - and what that means for the people financing these assets.
This article was originally published by Hawthorne Aero Valuation Services on April 21, 2026.