PRivate Jets
A current focus of development is at the low end of the market with small models, far cheaper than existing business jets sometimes called VLJs (very light jets). Of the existing manufacturers, Cessna is developing the Mustang, a six-place twinjet (2 crew + 4 PAX) planned to be available for $2.55 million USD at the end of 2006. A number of smaller manufacturers are planning even cheaper jets; for example, Eclipse Aviation is flying a prototype of their Eclipse 500 which is projected to be available in 2006 for around $1.3 million dollars. It remains to be seen whether the new jet manufacturers, will complete their designs, or find the market required to sell their jets at the comparatively low prices planned.
Examples of Private Jets
- Airbus A319 Corporate Jet or ACJ ($35 million)
- Boeing 737 Business Jet (about $32 million)
- Bombardier Challenger and GlobalExpress (various costs)
- Dassault Falcon family (models 10, 20, 50, 900, 2000, at various costs)
- Avcraft Dornier 328 Envoy ($12-30 million)
- Eclipse Aviation Eclipse 500 ($1-2 million)
- Adam Aircraft Industries A700 (approx $1.3 million)
- EMBRAER 135 Legacy ($20 million)
- private jet charter
- GrummanGulfstreamII, III, IV, V (various costs)
- Lear Jet ($3 to 15 million)
- Lockheed JetStar
- North American Sabreliner
- Cessna Citation (various costs)
- Raytheon Hawker 800 (various costs)
- Raytheon Premier I
- Cessna Citation
- Beechcraft Starship
- AASI Jetcruzer
- Piaggio P180 Avanti