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The number of business jets for sale has tripled in the past four months as the credit crunch deepens and aversion grows to the ultimate symbol of corporate excess.
Of the 300 corporate jets registered in the United Kingdom, 49 are up for sale, according to aviation brokers.
Some are being sold by cash-strapped individuals at knockdown prices.
But the chief executive of private operator Jet Republic estimates that about 10 have been put on sale at above market rates by firms wanting to placate shareholders.
"The price they are asking for is completely unrealistic, so you have to wonder how genuine their intentions are," Jonathan Breeze said.
Royal Bank of Scotland's jet is up for sale after the arrival of new chief executive Stephen Hester last October. A spokeswoman for the bank would not comment on its price tag.
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