Aircraft broker Steve Varsano helps a client find a private jet for his stepsister with a $40 million budget. The requirements narrow the options fast: 121 jets available at that price, 37 with 13 seats, and only 10 that can fly London to Johannesburg nonstop with a safety margin.
Steve, I love the private jet you sold me. It's time, I think, to get my stepsister one.
Wow, that's incredible news. What's your budget?
Daddy gave me a budget of plus or minus $40 million.
We got a world of choices. Come on, let's sit down and go over them. So for $40 million, you have 121 choices. How many passengers do you want to carry?
I don't know, as long as there's more than her one.
Well, she had 10.
Let's do 13 then.
Okay, great. If we go right to 13, you can see automatically We're only down to 37 airplanes to choose from. So what do you think the longest trip is you need to take?
I would say London to Johannesburg. Why Johannesburg? We barely go there, like twice a year, maybe max. No, I'm happy with Johannesburg.
Let's put Johannesburg in here. It's 4,900 nautical miles. So that goes back in the system and we add 20% because we have to worry about winds and things like that. So that narrows it down to 10 airplanes. You want to get something that's a little newer than the one your sister bought? You want to get something That's similar, or that's a little bit bigger and goes a little bit further?
Definitely bigger and further. I thought size didn't matter.
