Flexjet Europe starts up
 

I guess it's official now, althoug I'm not sure how they will compete with Netjet's 100+ European aircraft with 8 Nextant 400Xti

https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-n...n-ops

Question is: Which European airline will they buy?

Did they not try before already ?

Flexjet before was owned by bombardier. They tried for a short time I Europe as well. The company was then sold to a private investor who also in the USA bought flight options and now they want to try Europe again and with their own words compete with netjets.

The worst aircraft Netjets ever flew was the Hawker 400XP and the new competitor is flying a updated second-hand version of that aircraft? They have to be veeerrrryyy cheap to compete with a new Phenom300. :8

Downsizing in the US and trying for a second time in Europe. Doesn´t sound very promising. Anyhow, very curious which company will be Flexjet´s partner. I can only think of a handful flying Beechjets/Nextants based mainly in Eastern Europe.

Why does the operator being bought need to operate an existing Nextant fleet to make it viable? You're looking too far East wondering.

Right. I somehow read too much between the lines. The article just mentiones any AOC.

Vistajet's American partner is Jet Aviation and unrelated to Flexjet/FlightOptions/Onesky.

Flairjet

https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-n...-expansion-bid

FC

Interesting, are there that many Hawker 400 pilots in Europe?

There where some ex NJE pilots that got fired (France and Belgium) but doubtful if they are still jobless. Then again a hawker/beech 400 rating takes 2 weeks at FSI Farnborough

There's about 6 of us in the uk.

Rating takes 3 weeks, did it about 18 months ago

2 weeks, 3 weeks. Potato, potato. The point is it doesn't take months or years to train a Beech 400 pilot.

Ah the Hawker 400. Is that the one that is known as the rice rocket, in some parts??

It's basically a jazzed-up Mitsubishi Diamond so a 38 year old platform with new engines and new avionics - nothing really wrong with that, worked for the Hawker 125 for 50 years.

However, pitched against say a Phenom 300, its decades apart in design terms.

and a BFL of a 747...NOt talking about the LDR...Space shuttle was the only competitor..

Potato Patato... Very few type ratings take longer than 3-4 weeks.... So what was your point?

That it isn't the worlds greatest crisis that there aren't that many rated and unemployed beech/Nextant 400 pilots in Europe.