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Every choice - each decision - all points of view; they generally support at least two perspectives, a pair of alternative views. If no alternative exists, you don’t really enjoy the luxury of choice, do you? So it’s no wonder that variety never comes up as a complaint in aviation: when it comes to airplanes - sizes and types, missions and powerplants - aviation’s got variety to spare.Aviation also ...

The light jet segment soldiers onwards and upwards. You have undoubtedly noticed the trend in jet sales numbers lately if you pay any attention to the typical business aviation professional. We’re in tough times – but not impossible times. We’re showing signs of nearing the bottom of the market, even though the keenly anticipated upturn presently remains elusive. Nonetheless, the appeal of business aviation’s light jet segment remains as well-grounded and value-driven as ever. ...

We won’t repeat the analogy we used to introduce the first half of our review of the medium jets available in the market today (see June issue of World Aircraft Sales Magazine, p90). But we will re-assert the idea that the market offers so many options in this segment because the middle segment seems to be where business jets provide the best blend of costs and capability.The traits typical of the medium-cabin jets include ...

Many a cost-conscious business operator can tell you their own Goldilocks tale: The one that was too small for the job, another one too big for the budget – with also the one just right from somewhere in the middle. Jets down the scale in the light segment may lack the reach and speed required beyond the space and load constraints generally associated with light jets. Conversely, as you go up in size the higher bucks primarily ...

To everything there is a season, and for every project the correct tool. As companies around the world found ever more need for fast, efficient air transportation, the aircraft evolved as a tool to meet those needs. Aircraft have evolved into large, complex machines from the small, simple airplanes first embraced for business use. As companies expanded their use of aircraft, the aircraft these businesses used grew ...

In many ways, the ascendancy of the airliner as corporate aircraft stands as a prime example of history coming full circle. Think about the genesis of the business aircraft for a moment. The earliest people to embrace private aircraft use by and for their companies drew their wings from among the ranks of aircraft used commercially. The Lockheed 10, the Beech 18, sundry Tri-Motor brands of airplanes and their ...

BAE’s VIP/Executive Shuttle version of its 146/Avro RJ, known as the Avro Business Jet (ABJ), is still growing in popularity. Since its re-launch in 2006, 12 aircraft have been committed to corporate roles. BAE defines the ABJ brand as conversions of both the BAe 146s and the newer Avro RJs from airline configuration to corporate VIP, executive shuttle, or Governmental roles. Doubtless the reasons for the aircraft’s enduring popularity, ...

If the turmoil felt in the still fledgling Very Light Jet segment beset an aircraft with comparably adverse weather, we’d likely be talking about the NTSB investigation right about now. It’s hard not to call this a ‘crash’. With several past players well past the point of making a 180 degree turn out of the mire, the VLJ segment today stands at a fraction of its size from its peak at the start of the century – and ...

Nobody really expected the bubble to go on forever - many marveled at how long it stayed intact. From the rosy tone of the forecasts of just a few weeks ago, an expected plateau and slight decline weren’t expected for another year or two. That was then. Recent signs point toward a business aviation bubble decidedly leaking air – which, in truth, sure beats a bubble suddenly bursting altogether. Still, ...

It’s become a big-Mid world out there. Last month we looked at Bombardier’s and Cessna’s products in the Medium Jets category. We discussed how this particular Medium Jet category thrived in today’s Business Aviation world, offering a broad range of capabilities and relative costs that combine to give them considerable value appeal. Currently, buyers are spoilt for choice with 19 aircraft currently offered by the major OEMs, and these same OEMs in turn ...