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PUTTING BUYERS AND SELLER TOGETHER SINCE 1983!

A three-decade tradition of helping companies and individuals analyze their transportation requirements and making better utilization of their time and resources by purchasing a corporate aircraft.

Founded by Sharon B. Hanley in 1983 Corporate AirSearch Int’l Inc. is recognized for superior client service and technical expertise. We enjoy a solid reputation for understanding our clients needs and providing prompt, hands on attention.

OUR CLIENTS BENEFIT FROM OUR:

• Experience in the purchase or sale of several hundred business aircraft over twenty years
• Knowledge about the aircraft marketplace
• Selection criteria we define when searching the pre-owned aircraft market
• Defining our clients mission requirements to determine the best aircraft to meet their travel needs
• Commitment to providing consistently superior client service

LARGE FIRM RESOURCES

While we operate a small privately held business, we have the resources and contacts from over twenty years to provide our clients with the large firm resources albeit at a more reasonable price. We have affiliates in Durban, South Africa and Paris, France which enable our firm to operate on an international basis. We have consummated transactions in Switzerland, South Africa, France, England, Germany, The Netherlands, Spain, Venezuela, and Columbia. Corporate AirSearch has been a member of the National Business Aircraft Association (NBAA) since 1990. NBAA is a worldwide association with over 7000 member companies which own and operate nearly 9000 aircraft used to conduct their business. These companies are carefully selected on the basis of reputation, clientele, performance, and leadership. This affiliation with NBAA offers valuable professional resources that extend far beyond our office walls and enables us to tap into other member companies expertise should the need arise.

Our Facility

PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
CAI is located near Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) in West Palm Beach, Florida at 160 W. Camino Real, Boca Raton, FL 33432.

Our Team

SHARON HANLEY, FOUNDER AND CEO – RETIRED

In 1983, after some years in the business of selling new aircraft delivery positions, Sharon formed CAI. By then the aviation bug had not only bitten, but was well entrenched. Catering initially to the needs of single and light twin engine aircraft buyers and sellers, the business flourished.

Over time, Sharon’s clients wanted bigger, better, faster and more efficient aircraft. They were more than happy to once again retain her, knowing that they would be treated professionally and ethically. She is truly gratified that so many clients repeatedly seek the services of her and her company.

Growth was inevitable. From a one-woman marketing company, selectively the staff has been increased to include associates from the aviation industry with additional aviation experience and business philosophies similar to Sharon’s.

J.P. HANLEY, PRESIDENT

J.P. Hanley joined the Corporate AirSearch Int’l team in October of 1992. J.P. with a degree in Business Marketing from Southern Connecticut State University helped to continue the Company’s profitable growth by focusing on its sales and marketing efforts, starting in the aircraft research division enabled J.P. to learn the business from the ground floor up. J.P. was promoted to Vice President of Sales and Marketing in 1997 and promoted to his current position as President in September of 2003. Under his guidance, CAI has increased its sales by focusing on customer service and concentrating on select turbine markets like the Embraer Phenom 100/300, Citation Jets, Hawker Beechcraft, Bombardier Learjets, and Daher-Socata TBM 700, 850 and 900/910/930. J.P. is constantly striving to bring new business to CAI either by client referrals or by contacting present aircraft owners to promote how CAI can assist them in the sale or upgrade of their aircraft.

J.P. has acquired Commercial, Multiengine and CFI pilot licenses and is committed to ensuring that CAI’s present and future clients receive the professional, personal, and most cost effective service that CAI has become known for in the aircraft sales industry. There are only a handful of Aircraft Sales Companies that can claim 35+ years in the business. This alone will ensure future clients that CAI and J.P. will be there for them now and in the future. Please contact J.P. to discuss your aviation needs.

Testimonials

“David, I again want to thank you for selling my 1987 Malibu. Not only did you get my price but you sold it so quickly I was amazed. Less than 4 weeks after you started the ads it was sold. Thank you again, and the next time I want to sell an airplane I will call you and CAI.”

Billy, KY

“I’ve both bought & sold 3 airplanes through Corporate AirSearch International over the last 6 years. The experience has been consistently high during each transaction. Whether buying or selling, I always felt well informed. My time was always respected, which is important when you want to find an aircraft but you also to continue to run a business!

Whether you are doing transactions at $500,000 or $3,000,000 there are many facets besides the obvious. I have always been pleased with the excellent job of gently separating the personalities and emotions, then providing clear guidance to best facilitate a transaction. I have gotten and taken great advice from them over the years and without hesitation I recommend their professional services to others.”

Tom Arnold
President & CEO – ADEXS
Chicago, IL

“I have worked with Corporate Airsearch, and J.P. Hanley, in particular for the past seven years. We purchased three of our seven Lears through them and they also sold our MU-2 for us. I have nothing but good things to say about their operation. They are knowledgeable and certainly trustworthy. On two occasions I had found a Lear 24 that I was interested in purchasing and wanted to use them as the broker. On these two different occasions they researched the aircraft and steered me away from these planes. As it turns out those were the correct moves. Had they only been interested in collecting a broker’s fee it would have been easy for them to broker these airplanes that I had brought to them and collect their commission. In both cases, we eventually found much better aircraft. I have come away from each transaction with Corporate Airsearch happy with the outcome and satisfied that I had received a very fair deal.

I not only recommend them but would encourage you to call me as a reference.”

Mark C. Spatz
President
Air Cargo Express, Inc.
(260) 747-1963

“A pleasure to deal with, start to finish: professional, knowledgeable, and helpful. Corporate AirSearch Int’l was instrumental in sorting out the details of a complex sale and assuring a reasonable price, a transaction that required a lot of effort and reflects a commitment that goes well beyond expected levels of service.”

Michael Rosenberg, MD, MPH
Health Decisions, Inc.
6350 Quadrangle Drive, Suite 300
Chapel Hill NC 27514
(919) 967-2399 x229
Fax 967-1145

“We sold our aircraft through Corporate AirSearch Int’l and were impressed with their level of professionalism and their ability to come up with solutions during the negotiation and closing process. An aircraft transaction is a lot more involved than most prospective buyers or sellers realize. It is important to hire a knowledgeable, experienced and customer friendly company, like Corporate AirSearch to save you from costly mistakes. We were very pleased with their service and look forward to doing business with them again.”

Mike Parnell
Time Tool Inc

“Just a note to thank you for your efforts during the acquisition of our Cessna Caravan. As you know it is sometimes difficult to make arrangements from here in Madagascar so your efforts in coordinating the acquisition, the conversion to amphibious floats, the ferry flight here and the after the sale support was appreciated.”

Dominique Prat
Prat Stationery & Gift
www.prat.com

“Corporate AirSearch is thorough and dependable. CAI has always done what they promised they would do and they will bend over backwards to help you.”

S.C. “Buster” Middlebrooks

“We do all of our aircraft buying and selling exclusively through Corporate AirSearch as we have learned by using another broker that took us to school that you need trust worthy representation when buying or selling an aircraft.”

John McMenamin
Data Supplies

 

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