Survey: 85% of Asian Business Aviation Professionals Expect Large-Jet Purchases to Rise Through 2030

Business aviation financiers and brokers across Asia expect demand for large business jets to grow through 2030, according to research commissioned by Airbus Corporate Jets and conducted by Pureprofile. The survey polled 60 business aviation financiers and brokers in Asia working for companies that own or use business aircraft.

Eighty-five percent of respondents expect purchases of large business jets to increase through the remainder of the decade, with 30% believing the increase will be dramatic. Sixty-two percent estimated that new business jet spending between 2025 and 2034 will be concentrated on large and long-range aircraft. More than half of respondents (56%) said at least a quarter of the aircraft they are involved in selling or financing are upgrades into larger aircraft, a figure expected to climb to 89% by 2030.

On purchase drivers, 45% of respondents said buyers place equal importance on range and larger cabin space, while 28% cited cabin comfort, passenger capacity, and aircraft customization, and 27% identified range and mission flexibility as a primary driver, with charter revenue opportunities, residual value, and operating costs also cited as factors. Two-thirds of respondents (67%) said financing for large business jets will become easier compared with smaller aircraft in coming years, and 75% believe fleet modernization will accelerate.

Airbus Corporate Jets president Chadi Saade said "the business aviation market in Asia continues to demonstrate remarkable confidence, and the actual increase of ACJs in service in Asia is a testimony of this growth." He added that "buyers are increasingly looking for aircraft that deliver long-range capability, greater flexibility, and a premium onboard experience, while also offering strong long-term economic performance."

Surveys of financiers and brokers rather than end buyers capture how the deal-making side of the market reads demand, which shapes what gets financed and marketed even before buyers commit. When 56% of respondents already see a quarter of their transactions as upgrades into larger cabins, and that share is expected to reach 89% by 2030, it signals that trade-up activity — not first-time ownership — is becoming the dominant flow through brokers and lenders in the region.

The financing angle matters as much as the purchase intent: if two-thirds of respondents are right that large-jet financing terms ease relative to smaller aircraft, that would lower the effective cost of moving up in cabin size and could reinforce the upgrade cycle the survey already describes. Cabin space, range, and mission flexibility being cited together as near-equal drivers suggests buyers are less willing to trade one for another, which narrows the field of aircraft that satisfy all three at once.

What happens next depends on whether actual large-jet order and delivery figures in Asia track the 85% expectation over the coming years, and whether financing terms move the way two-thirds of respondents predict.