Flyf15 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Posted (13 years 10 months 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 709 times:
Could biz jets be used as airliners? Or are the regulations against it? Also, how do the seat-mile cost in a corporate shuttle config compare to regional jets?
FLY777UAL From United States of America, joined May 1999, 4510 posts, RR: 3 Reply 1, posted (13 years 10 months 2 days 4 hours ago) and read 710 times:
Biz Jets as in A319CJ and BBJ or Lear Jet and Gulfstream type?
FLY777UAL From United States of America, joined May 1999, 4510 posts, RR: 3 Reply 3, posted (13 years 10 months 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 710 times:
Well...I'll just stick with the BBJ and A319CJ! I am pretty sure there are no laws against operating them as a certified air carrier...just look at MGM Grand (even though they weren't TRUE Biz Jets...). The A319, I believe, is able to do this because it has minimal changes to the 'normal' A319 body and wing, and is thus certified for commercial use. The BBJ on the other hand with their body of the 737-700, and landing gear/wings of the -800, is not able to be used on commercial flights (unless they have received approval from the FAA...dunno, though). As for the seat-mile cost, I cannot help you out there...I have no clue about that. I can tell you (you probably already know, though) that if you charge enough per seat (and your pax are willing to pay it) that you will make a boatload of money off of those planes (isn't that a 'duh' answer!).
Cedarjet From United Kingdom, joined May 1999, 7702 posts, RR: 55 Reply 4, posted (13 years 10 months 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 710 times:
What the hell is a Visionaire Vantage? It sounds like a fridge from the 60s (the Brady Bunch probably had a Visionaire Vantage in their kitchen).
I've always wondered why airlines had to wait for the RJs of the 90s - you could fit 16 seats in some of the bigger Lear-class executive jets. One airline ran services in New York State during the 80s with - I think - Falcons. Didn't last long though.
Someone's using an A320 as a trans-Atlantic corporate shuttle (ie normal pax config), don't know what reg the plane is (probably VR).
fly Saha Air 707s daily from Tehran's downtown Mehrabad to Mashhad, Kish Island and Ahwaz
FLY777UAL From United States of America, joined May 1999, 4510 posts, RR: 3 Reply 5, posted (13 years 10 months 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 710 times:
It is a scheduled airline that is doing that with the A320, or is it a corp. shuttle charter?
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