On the Global 6000, the 120-month inspection is the price no one prints

Bombardier Global 6000 is GlobalAir.com's busiest large-cabin model page: 9,359 views and 87 buyer inquiries in the past 30 days. Eleven aircraft are listed as of Sept. 23, 2026, every one priced "Please Call." Jetcraft holds four of the eleven, Bombardier Pre-owned two, and five other sellers one apiece. With no price to compare, buyers are pricing each aircraft on equipment and inspection status, plus total time, which averages about 3,759 hours and ranges from 1,253 to 5,820 across the group.Three listings state a recently completed 120-month inspection — something that keeps a Global 6000 in a hangar for 12 to 14 weeks on average, per Business Air News, and an item that carries so much weight in a deal and what it means for owners deciding when to sell.What A 120-Month Inspection InvolvesThe 120-month inspection involves dismantling the cabin, extensive airframe structural inspections and a complete landing gear overhaul, while also addressing service bulletins and upgrades. A 120-month inspection can also uncover corrosion. It could also necessitate rib replacement or flap skin removal. When the inspection at 120 months is properly carried out, it may spare an owner an interior removal at the 180-month inspection. There are plenty of reasons why the 120-month inspection moves the total acquisition cost more than any other item of this type, some of them being the following:The Line and A/C-type checks are small and frequent, and their cost is spread over years. The 10-year check, on the other hand, is one large event. A buyer either pays for it immediately or takes on a known liability that must be priced into the purchase.Landing gear overhaul, corrosion program tasks and sometimes engine or APU shop visits can cluster around the same age. This makes the combined outlay larger.During the 120-month inspection, the aircraft is out of service for twelve to fourteen weeks. This adds to lost revenue or lease payments while grounded. A major inspection like the 120-month check comes around only once a decade. So, an aircraft's value is tied to how much of the current inspection cycle is left, meaning how long the buyer can operate before paying for the next one. There's another piece of data that is pertinent here. WINGX's August 2026 market update reveals that global business aviation activity dipped 0.5% year over year, while the numbers in the U.S. climbed up 0.8%. Ultra-long-range jet activity rose 11.0%, while entry-level jet activity fell 5.2%. This means that Global 6000 is flying more, bringing its hour-based inspections sooner. Three Of 11 Listings State a Recently Completed 120-Month InspectionThe 120-month inspection of The Jet Business' 2016 Global 6000 was completed at Bombardier Hartford. Avpro's 2015 aircraft lists the completion of a recent 120-month inspection at ACC Columbia while Ardent Jet Partners' 2015 aircraft lists a Bombardier 120-month completed at Tucson in October 2025. The 2019 Jetcraft, on the other hand, takes a different route, showing a 120-month inspection due December 2029. It also advertises a Bombardier pre-purchase inspection completed in June 2026 at the seller's expense.Connectivity is the other feature that separates the listings of the Global 6000. Four of them are equipped with Ka-band service, three have Starlink services, while one names Gogo L5 Wi-Fi. The oldest Jetcraft listing, a 2012 Global 6000, has Swift Broadband Internet onboard. If one were to upgrade connectivity at the same time it performed airframe maintenance, engineering modifications, and landing gear overhaul during its single maintenance visit of the 120-hour inspection, it also allows aircraft to "return to service with significantly reduced downtime", MRO Business Today reported. Should One Sell Before or After the 120-Month Mark? The 120-month inspection falls due ten years after an aircraft enters service. An owner of an aircraft approaching the mark (and one who is looking to sell) has two options. One of them is selling before the 120-month inspection due date arrives. In this case, the buyer inherits the inspection. The aircraft stays 12 to 14 weeks in a hangar (84 to 98 days), during which the aircraft can't fly. That is close to GlobalAir.com's 112-day average time a Global 6000 stays listed. Until inspectors report, there's no way of knowing what the final bill is likely to amount to. An owner can reduce the uncertainty by paying for a pre-purchase inspection and sharing the results. The other option is to inspect first. In this case, the owner would complete the 120-month before listing. The buyer gets an aircraft with the work done and documented, and no hangar stay to plan around. The marketplace data can't show which option pays better because no listing posts a price. GlobalAir.com's pre-buy guidance says a well-documented aircraft with a smoother inspection is more marketable and has a better chance of a clean closing.A completed inspection should be backed up by paperwork. Prospective buyers should request the following items before purchase:Full work package and findings list.Landing gear overhaul records.The facility name and its work order.Service bulletin compliance.Complete logbooks (as incomplete records can cut market value and complicate lender approval).The inspection table with completion dates.Note For U.S. Buyers: Eight Of 11 Aircraft Sit Outside The United StatesOf the eleven Global 6000 we touched upon, only three listed aircraft are in the United States. Buyers of the rest should plan the import steps- the first of which is deregistration of the aircraft. For this, the seller should first cancel the foreign registration. Soar Aviation Law advises starting only after funds sit in escrow and documents are filed.The second step would include the FAA registration which includes the buyer filing an application, a bill of sale and proof of foreign deregistration. The FAA typically issues a temporary registration within one to two days of the confirmation of a deregistration.For a foreign-built aircraft, the exporting country issues an export certificate of airworthiness before an FAA-designated representative issues the U.S. certificate, and duties, taxes, and fees still have to clear. None of that shows up in a listing marked "Please Call." None of that shows up in a listing marked "Please Call." For the eight aircraft sitting outside the U.S., it's one more thing to price in before the 120-month question even comes up. Those are the two clocks running on every Global 6000 deal right now, price tag or not.See every Global 6000 for sale on GlobalAir.com. 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