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Type I: Operators who own or control everything; the aircraft, pilots, reservations • DayJet (www.dayjet.com) - Eclipse largest known customer • Linear Air (www.linearair.com) (northeast) - has ordered Eclipses • Magnum Jet (www.magnumjet.com) - plans to use Adam A700s and Embraer Phenom 100s • POGO (www.flypogo.com) (northeast) - is still in decision mode about which VLJ to use • Point2Point Airways (www.flyp2p.com) (north central) - has signed a deal with Diamond to acquire D-Jet when available • Way To Go (www.waytogoair.com) (west) – plans to use Eclipses • YourJet (www.flyyourjet.com) - undecided on choice of VLJ
Type II: Brokers, network operations, or aggregators who contract with various aircraft owners, and have reservation systems to marry them to flying passengers • OneSky (www.onesky.com) (USA+) - plans to integrate VLJs into their operations • OpenTaxi Systems (www.opentaxi.com) (USA) - system under development (formerly Penguin Airlines) • TaxiJet (www.taxijet.com) (USA+) - just opened; plan to integrate VLJs into their operations Contact the respective manufacturers as to their mentor pilot requirements. The situation is changing daily. Single-Engine Very Light Jets Diamond D-JET– Diamond Aircraft Industries- London, Ontario, Canada Price $1.38M US with notable options of built-in Parachute and Radar Speed 315 kias NBAA IFR Range 1350 Deliveries 2008 http://diamondair.com/mainpage.php PiperJet – Piper Aircraft Corp. Vero Beach, Florida USA Price $2.2M Speed 360 kias NBAA IFR Range 1300 Deliveries 2010 Sport Utility Jet http://www.newpiper.com Others VLJs in the single-engine group include Cirrus Design Cirrus Jet, Excel-Jet Sport-Jet, and Maverick SoloJet. Twin-Engine Very Light Jets Adam A700- Adam Aircraft Industries- Englewood, Colorado USA Price $2.0M Speed 340 kias NBAA IFR Range 1100 Deliveries FQ 2007 http://www.adamaircraft.com Cessna Mustang- Cessna Aircraft Company-Wichita Kansas, USA Price $2.7M Speed 340 kias NBAA IFR Range 1150 Deliveries Now http://www.cessna.com Eclipse 500- Eclipse Aviation- Albuquerque, New Mexico USA Price $1.5M Speed 370 kias Range 1125 NBAA IFR Deliveries Now http://www.eclipseaviation.com HondaJet- Honda Aircraft Co.- Greensboro, North Carolina USA Price $3.65M Speed 405 kias NBAA IFR Range 1100 Deliveries 2010 http://world.honda.com/jet/ Javelin MK-10- Aviation Technology Group-Englewood, Colorado USA Price $2.795 Speed 500 kias NBAA IFR Range 1000 Deliveries 2009 http://www.avtechgroup.com/ Phenom 100- Embraer
Executive Jets- Sao José dos Campos, Brazil
Price $2.85M http://www.embraer.com It is the intention of this article to provide an overview of the Very Light Jets- who’s in the game and how the phenomenon can help us as pilots. Standby for more information as it develops.
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Breakdown of Operators by Type 