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Why does an aircraft loan take longer than a car loan?

By General Aviation News Staff · January 5, 2017 ·

Many pilots wonder why a car loan can be approved in as little as 20 minutes, but it can take days — or even longer — to get approved for a loan to buy an airplane.

A new post from Adam Meredith, president of AOPA Aviation Finance Co., explains why, noting that the underwriting process for an airplane loan is more like that for a house than it is for a car. Read his full post here.

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  1. Rod Beck says

    January 12, 2017 at 3:36 pm

    Because there a higher (no pun intended) “risK” ?

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