Well I certainly hope it does cost $1.5m by the time it's delivered as I now have 2 on order and could make nearly $1m profit !.... Especially if the first ones sell at a premium !! The relative price of different helicopters does seem quite random ...... You could pay circa $650k for a late 80,s JetRanger ......which is the same , or more , than an Agusta 109 Mk11 !!! JR 120knots
A109 150knots . The 109 is now , thanks to loads of cheap spares , very little more to run than a 206 !! Mine has worked out nearly half the cost to run versus my 350BA , even my insurance is 1/3 less .