Business jet

A business jet ( or business aircraft ) is an aircraft that is used by business travelers rather than a scheduled flight or other means of transport in business aviation.

Types

Business aircraft can the propeller plane with one or two engines and four seats (for example, from Cessna 172 or Piper PA- 28) turboprop aircraft (for example, Beechcraft King Air ) to a system based on the Boeing 737, Boeing Business Jet or on the Airbus A319 -based Airbus Corporate Jetliner rich. In very small quantities, especially for governments, even larger aircraft such as Airbus A340, Boeing 747, Airbus A380, or even be converted to business aircraft. In the late 1950s William P. Lear developed a twin-engine business jet, which was known as the Learjet. The first Learjet had only four passenger seats. Very common are the aircraft of the Cessna Citation series; the Citation X is currently the fastest business jet in the market. But are also popular slightly larger ( and more expensive) jets the company Gulfstream Aerospace or the Falcon series of Dassault Aviation and the jets of the Challenger and Global series of Bombardier Aerospace.

Classification

Business aircraft are classified according to certain categories, for example, as here by the engine manufacturer Rolls -Royce.

Benefits

The higher cost of this transportation means are thereby compensated ideally through

• The time gained by direct flights and reduced waiting times,
• The exclusivity that allow undisturbed traveling or working or the attachment of a meeting,
• The flexibility made ​​possible by individual planning rapid changes in travel plans.

Another advantage of business aircraft is that they can start on regional airports and land, so that eliminates a costly transfers.

Use

There are several concepts for the operation and use of business aircraft:

• Private Plane: The traveler or the company have a fleet or a private plane that they fly themselves or they can fly by a pilot.
• Executive Business Charter: the traveler or the company charter a plane and its crew.
• Aircraft fractional ownership ( Fractional Ownership): The traveler buys a contingent of flight hours, he can book flexible.