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Old 18th Jan 2005, 21:21
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Fried_Chicken
 
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Shell Aviation used the Falcon 50, the smaller brother of the 900.

Does the Do328JET have clearance for LCY ops? I know the Do328 prop version does.

I think plans for the EMB170 into LCY have been shelved at the moment. I think that when Swiss were looking at the type, one of the points they wanted is that the aircraft could fly in & out of London City. This would involve fitting a large airbrake into the rear of the fuselage & would cost Embraer/Swiss quite alot of money as it would only be a modification carried out on a few airframes. Given Swiss' current financial position, don't think they can afford to give much to the project at the mo!!

Next Jet to aquire LCY ops certification should be the Raytheon/Beech 390 Premier 1 light bizjet.

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