Hippolite
You are clearly correct in that the market is favouring the 92 - my only concern is that this choice is based mainly on SK's excellent marketing hype and the lack of any EC marketing hype, but not necessarily because the 92 is the best aircraft. By the way the price differential you quote seems high but of course is heavily influenced by exchange rates of the day. I make it more like $18.5 million for a 225 - but still more expensive than the 92 I agree. PBH rates are negotiable, though it would be difficult to get down to SK rates. Do you know for how long those rates are guaranteed not to go up?
Am I right in thinking you work for PHI? In which case any info on what the 92 is like to operate would be very interesting. ( Has it gone into service yet?)
HC