Thank You But..................
To the guy who started this thread; Did you buy a VII ??!?
No, we did not buy a C650 yet, but we are still looking.
Not really in a hurry as we have a nearly new small tube citation and this will be a second aircraft not a substitute.
But we want more comfort for the pax.
We need an APU on the ground for A/C.
1.74 stand up cabin is better than what we have now.
The toilet is serviceable from outside!
We can have a side facing seat and a galley. (for a stewardess, they are little here in Asia J
Been reading this thread with great interest, as we are considering a C-VII to complement a C-II. Hope you do not buy our one ! :-)
We are doing airtaxi/charter out of northern Europe.
If I were based in Europe it probably would be an Excel, but we operate in Asia.
The aircraft has the same cabin as the Excel and costs 20% more to fuel
In the end Fuel is cheap, 0.7$/L
and maintain, the good news is you can buy a 1990 with a spz8000 digital autopilot system for less than 4.8 mill,
2-3M$ less to an Excel, this interest rate covers a lot of maintenance.
the very good news is that it will always cruise at 8.0 to 8.2.
We need speed and range, a VII VI or III has a little more of both than the Excel.
The main thing is, is there an obvious alternative to the Cessna in the $5.5m to $6.5m (preowned) market?
The one that sticks out to me is the IAI-1125/G100 Astra.
There's got to be a Hawker in that price range, right?
And for all the other recommendations, in the end it has to be a Cessna for service considerations.
Wow the VII eats up alot of asphalt on MTOw compared to the XLS.
Runway length is not an issue if you have plenty. And we have in Asia.
Have you looked into a used CE-750?
Yes, but out of bud-jet J at the moment.
A CE-650 can have big maintenance costs.
I do not think a X is cheaper to maintain, quite the opposite.
If you have more let me know.
I hope I answered to most and thanks again.