Cessna 560XL Citation Excel business jet used by the Swiss Air Force

Raytheon Hawker 800 business jet (previously known as the D.H.125, then H.S.125, then British Aerospace 125)

Bombardier Global Express business jet

Business jet, private jet or, in slang, bizjet is a term describing a jet aircraft, usually of modest size, designed for transporting small groups of business people for commercial reasons at a time convenient to their business needs. Some business jets may be adapted for other roles, such as the evacuation of casualties or express parcel deliveries, and a few may be used by public bodies, governments or the armed forces. The more formal terms of corporate jet, executive jet, VIP transport or business jet tend to be used by the firms that build, sell, buy and charter these aircraft. The allied term "bizprop" is in use amongst enthusiasts to refer to turboprop-powered aircraft used in similar roles but seems unlikely to spread. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2816x1972, 617 KB) Cessna 560XL Citation Excel of the Swiss Air Force (identifier T-784), taxiing at the Royal International Air Tattoo, RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire, England. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2816x1972, 617 KB) Cessna 560XL Citation Excel of the Swiss Air Force (identifier T-784), taxiing at the Royal International Air Tattoo, RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire, England. ... Raytheon Hawker 800 business jet (previously type descriptions BAe 125 and BAe 800XP), registration N225PB, at Cardiff (Rhoose) Airport, Cardiff, Wales. ... Raytheon Hawker 800 business jet (previously type descriptions BAe 125 and BAe 800XP), registration N225PB, at Cardiff (Rhoose) Airport, Cardiff, Wales. ... Bombardier BD-700 Global Express business jet (registered A6-EJB of the United Arab Emirates) taking off from London (Heathrow) Airport in August 2004. ... Bombardier BD-700 Global Express business jet (registered A6-EJB of the United Arab Emirates) taking off from London (Heathrow) Airport in August 2004. ... Jet aircraft with condensation trail Jet aircraft are aircraft with jet engines. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The armed forces of a state are its government sponsored defense and fighting forces and organizations. ...

The older term "air taxi" tends to be used for piston-engined or small turboprop aircraft, although the functions of an air taxi and a business jet are essentially identical; in fact, some airfields have runways unsuited to jet operations and may therefore be more usable by slower aircraft. Depending on the passengers' destination, the overall journey time could then be shorter with a slower aircraft. Generally, jets tend to have a taller passenger cabin and more advanced avionics, which may be advantageous in terms of safety, comfort and resilience to extreme weather conditions. A company may also wish to project its status through the type of aircraft in which its personnel travel. Taxicab, short forms taxi or cab, is a type of public transport for a single passenger, or small group of passengers, typically for a non-shared ride. ... A schematic diagram showing the operation of a turboprop engine. ... Runway 13R/31L of El Dorado International Airport, Bogotá, D.C. Aerial picture of a runway of Chennai International Airport, Tamil Nadu A runway is a strip of land on an airport, on which aircraft can take off and land. ... The onboard electronics used for piloting an aircraft are called avionics (AVI-ation electr-ONICS). ...

Almost all production business jets, such as Grumman Aerospace's famous Gulfstream and the Gates Lear Jet (now built by Bombardier), have had two or three engines, though the Jetstar, an early business jet, had four. Advances in engine efficiency and power have rendered four-engine designs obsolete, and only Dassault Aviation still builds three-engine models (in the Falcon line). The emerging market for so-called "very light jets" and "personal jets" has seen the introduction (at least on paper) of several single-engine designs as well. The Grumman logo The Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, later Grumman Aerospace Corporation, was a leading producer of military and civilian aircraft of the 20th century. ... Gulfstream G200 Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation is located in Savannah, Georgia, United States, and has been a unit of General Dynamics since 2001. ... C-GBFP - Adlair Aviation - Learjet 25 (LJ25) refueling at Cambridge Bay Airport, Nunavut, Canada. ... Bombardier Inc. ... An engine is something that produces some effect from a given input. ... The Lockheed L-1329 JetStar is a business jet produced in the 1960s and 1970s. ... Dassault Aviation is a French aircraft manufacturer of military, regional and business jets. ... The Falcon is a family of business jets manufactured by Dassault Aviation. ... Eclipse 500 VLJ A Very Light Jet (VLJ) is a small jet aircraft approved for single-pilot operation. ...

Surplus airliners are sometimes converted into luxury business jets. Such converted aircraft are often used by celebrities with a large entourage or press corps, or by sports teams, but airliners often face operational restrictions based on runway length or local noise restrictions. An Airbus A340 airliner operated by Air Jamaica An airliner is a large fixed-wing aircraft whose primary function is the transportation of paying passengers. ...

Since 1996 the term "fractional ownership" has been used in connection with business aircraft owned by a consortium of companies. Costly overheads such as flight crew, hangarage and maintenance can be shared through such arrangements. 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

A focus of development is at the low end of the market with small models, many far cheaper than existing business jets. Many of these fall into the very light jet (VLJ) category. Of the existing manufacturers, Cessna is developing the Mustang, a six-place twinjet (2 crew + 4 passengers) planned to be available for $2.55 million (US) at the end of 2006. A number of smaller manufacturers are planning even cheaper jets; for example, Eclipse Aviation is flying a prototype of its Eclipse 500 which is projected to be available in 2006 for around $1.3 million (US). 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. Cessna Aircraft Company, located in Wichita, Kansas, is a manufacturer of general aviation aircraft, from small two-seat, single-engine airplanes to business jets. ... Albuquerque, New Mexico based manufacturer of the Eclipse 500 light business jet External Link Eclipse Aviation Homepage Categories: Corporation stubs | U.S. aircraft manufacturers ...

There are approximately 11,000 business jets in the wordwide fleet with the vast majority of them based in the United States or owned by US companies. The European market is the next largest, with growing activity in Asia and Central America. There is an active pre-owned marketplace in which aircraft are bought and sold based on their immeidate deliverability because new aircraft orders often take two to three years for delivery.

A large portion of the resale market is handled by members of an organization called the National Aircraft Resale Association (NARA [www.pre-ownedjets.com] ) which is dedicated to the ethical and professional conduct of pre-owned aircraft transactions. The Association was organized for the specific purpose of promoting a consistently high set of ethical standards in buying and selling business aircraft and to communicate those standards to the marketplace. Over 80% of business aircraft sales are handled by the broker/dealer network, and thus buyers and sellers tend to seek representation through a broker or dealer that meets the ethical and professional standards of NARA membership. NARA also has an office in Washington DC where it stays actively involved in communicating the needs of business jet owners and operators to policy-makers and legislators.

Examples

"Traditional" business 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)
• EMBRAER 135 Legacy ($20 million)
• General Dynamics (formerly Grumman) Gulfstream II, 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

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Very light jets

• Eclipse Aviation Eclipse 500 ($1-2 million)
• Adam Aircraft Industries A700 (approx $1.3 million)

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See also

• Very Light Jet