As commercial airlines wrestle with airspace restrictions, supply-chain pressures and rising operating costs, the private-aviation market seems to be cruising at a different altitude. He founded aircraft management company Skyfirst with a single jet, a Bombardier Learjet 45, in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. Private guy: Skyfirst CEO Olivier Perdriel (Image: Vincent Bourdon)How healthy is the private-aviation market right now? One advantage we have is that we operate aircraft from all three brands, Gulfstream, Dassault Aviation and Bombardier. What does aircraft management involve beyond operating the jet?