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Cessna Citation X: The World’s Fastest Business Jet Yet!

1May

By Salomón MarcoNo Comments

Executive

Cessna Citation X: The World’s Fastest Business Jet Yet!

Today, the Cessna name is synonymous with luxury private jets, dating all the way back to the 1960's! One of Cessna's single bestselling jets is the Cessna Citation X, which also couples as being one of the fastest business jets currently on the market! Over the course of its 22 year long production history, Cessna produced 339 Citation Xs and Citation X+s (a lengthened variant of the jet) making it one of Cessna's most popular super mid-sized jets to date... (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Pre-Cessna Citation X In 1968, Cessna had released the Cessna Citation I, the company's first business jet. Eventually proving to be quite successful, the company would release the Citation II in 1978, which would prove to be quite successful too. Build...

Saab 340: Saab’s Most Successful Regional Turboprop Yet…

28Apr

By Alexander PaskNo Comments

Aircraft Digest

Saab 340: Saab’s Most Successful Regional Turboprop Yet…

Today, when you think "Saab" you probably think of the cars that they make. Yet, Saab are also a major manufacturer of fighter jets for the world's militaries, but it has also produced two turboprop airliners: the Saab 340 and Saab 2000. Despite being the smaller of the two turboprops, the 340 is actually the more popular of the two turboprops, with Saab producing 459 340s in only a 16 year period, making it one of the most successful regional airliners to date! (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Pre-Saab 340 The late 1960's and early 1970's were some of the best years in aviation history, especially so for regional airliners. You see, whilst regional airliners had sort existed beforehand, the 1960's/1970's established regional airliners as its o...

Cessna Citation Mustang: The World’s Most Famous Business Jet

24Apr

By Alya KulikovaNo Comments

Executive

Cessna Citation Mustang: The World’s Most Famous Business Jet

Today, the Cessna Citation Mustang is one of the most famous private jets on the market today. For the most part, this is due to its use in popular media - when a private jet is used, it's often a Citation Mustang, but it's also due to how well it sold... Between 2006 and 2017, Cessna produced a total of 479 Citation Mustangs, making the Mustang the single bestselling very light business jet to have ever been produced, having sold more times than the Phenom 100, which is in second place! (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Pre-Cessna Citation Mustang Over the course of the late 1990's and early 2000's, airlines began to raise prices on its highest-demand business and vacation routes for its business and first class customers (especially the latter)...

Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia: The Worst Turboprop Airliner Ever Made?

21Apr

By Alexander Pask1 Comment

Aircraft Digest

Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia: The Worst Turboprop Airliner Ever Made?

Today, Embraer is famous for its regional jets, primarily its ERJ, E-Jet and E-Jet E2 families. Before producing regional jets, Embraer produced regional turboprops, with their most famous being the Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia. Despite selling 354 times and being loved and used by airlines all across the world, many of the Brasilia's passengers absolutely hate the jet... (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Pre-Embraer EMB-120 Over the course of the late 1960's and 1970's, whilst the jet craze of the 1950's was still in full swing, the concept of regional and feeder airlines became quite popular, with hundreds being set up during this time. Whilst regional jets did existed, they were quite expensive and almost impossible for these newer airlines to ...

Embraer Phenom 300: The World’s Most Successful Light Business Jet Ever!

17Apr

By Gareth SeagullNo Comments

Executive

Embraer Phenom 300: The World’s Most Successful Light Business Jet Ever!

Since its introduction in 2009, the Embraer Phenom 300 has proven to be quite popular. Indeed, if the past years are anything to go by, the Phenom 300 is extremely popular, repeatedly being the most sold light business jet of the year! As of the time of writing, Embraer have produced well over 500 Phenom 300s, in a little over a decade. This makes it not only one of the bestselling light business jets of recent years, but one of the bestselling business jets ever... (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Pre-Embraer Phenom 300 In 2002, Embraer released the Legacy 600, a business jet variant of its famed ERJ-135 regional airliner. The Legacy 600 was extremely successful, selling dozens of times, netting Embraer billions in the process. Trying to bu...

Embraer Phenom 100: The Most Versatile Very Light Jet Yet?

14Apr

By Gareth SeagullNo Comments

Executive

Embraer Phenom 100: The Most Versatile Very Light Jet Yet?

Since its introduction in 2008, the Embraer Phenom 100 has proven to be quite versatile. Not only is it used by private and corporate flyers, but also the military and many more operators... As of the time of writing, Embraer has produced almost 400 Phenom 100s (whilst having orders for many more!) since 2008, making it one of the fastest-selling very light jets of recent decades! (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Development In 2002, Brazilian aircraft manufacturer, Embraer, released the Legacy 600, a business jet version of their famed ERJ-135 regional airliner. Within only a few years, the Legacy 600 had become quite successful, with Embraer having well over 100 orders for the jet. Seeing the success of the Legacy 600, as well as the increa...

Embraer Legacy 600: The Best Business Jet Yet?

10Apr

By Salomón MarcoNo Comments

Executive

Embraer Legacy 600: The Best Business Jet Yet?

Since entering service in 2002, the Embraer Legacy 600 has proven to be one of the best private jets to have ever entered service, being loved both by the pilots who fly it, and the people who fly on it! Embraer would produce almost 300 Legacy 600s over the course of an 18 year period, making one of the bestselling private jets of the 21st century... (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Pre-Embraer Legacy 600 Over the course of the late 1990's and early 2000's, airlines began to increase prices for business and first class, on their highest demand business and tourism routes. This got to a point, where it was only slightly more expensive to fly private! Thanks to this, many of the world's 1% began to buy private jets, to the point where they were ...

Embraer ERJ-135: The Most Versatile Regional Jet Yet?

7Apr

By Alexander PaskNo Comments

Aircraft Digest

Embraer ERJ-135: The Most Versatile Regional Jet Yet?

Today, Embraer is most famous for producing regional jets, which have taken the world by storm in recent decades. For the most part, this is thanks to the Embraer ERJ-135 and its longer cousin, the Embraer ERJ-145. When the ERJ-135 was introduced, it was intended to be a low-cost alternative to the larger ERJ-145. However, once it was introduced, it soon proved to be much more than just a smaller ERJ-145, to become an invaluable aircraft in any airline's fleet! (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Pre-Embraer ERJ-135 When the first jet airliners were released in the 1950's, such as the de Havilland Comet, Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8, they were mostly long-haul airliners used on high-demand transatlantic and transatlantic routes. By the end of the...

Pilatus PC-24: The Swiss Watch of Private Jets

3Apr

By Alya KulikovaNo Comments

Executive

Pilatus PC-24: The Swiss Watch of Private Jets

When it was unveiled in 2013, the Pilatus PC-24 made headlines for being the "Swiss watch of private jets". Since its introduction in 2018, the PC-24 has seemingly exceeded all expectations! Much like Pilatus's previous business jets, the Pilatus PC-24 has been wildly successful, selling hundreds of times in only a few years. According to Pilatus, the PC-24 is the most versatile jet the company has ever designed, with it not even reaching one tenth of its potential (as of the time of writing!) (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Pre-Pilatus PC-24 Over the course of the 1960's, a number of aircraft manufacturers began to release what are now known as the first business jets, the first jet aircraft tailored specifically to corporate and private bu...

Embraer ERJ-145: The Best Regional Jet Yet?

31Mar

By Alexander PaskNo Comments

Aircraft Digest

Embraer ERJ-145: The Best Regional Jet Yet?

Today, Embraer is famous for its regional jets, which often compete with both Airbus and Boeing, and sometimes outclass them! This mostly thanks to the Embraer ERJ-145, Embraer's original regional jet... Whilst Embraer had made regional airliners before, mostly turboprops, these were mostly used by small commuter airlines, who fed into much larger airlines. However, the introduction of the Embraer ERJ-145 saw Embraer-made aircraft actually be used by these much larger airlines, rather than by independent airlines who were operating as these larger airlines! (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Pre-Embraer ERJ-145 Despite what you may think, the concept of a regional airliner isn't all that new. The first modern regional airliners were released fo...