Nextant has delivered the first UK-owned 400XTi business jet to Norwich-based business aviation services provider SaxonAir.
The handover brings to seven the total number of the remanufactured light twinjets delivered to European customers to date. “The European 400XTi fleet has proven itself as a strong revenue generator on the European charter market with the majority of the fleet operating more than 90h a month [each],” says the Cleveland, Ohio-based company, which introduced the 400XTi last year.
The seven-seat business jet is a quieter and roomier version of the 400XT – itself a remanufactured and re-engined BeechJet/Hawker 400A/XP – featuring Williams International FJ44-3AP engines and a Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 integrated flightdeck.
Nextant president and chief executive Sean McGeough expects the global in-service fleet of XT/XTis to reach 50 aircraft before the end of the year.
Nextant is also developing an upgraded version of the King Air C90 twin-engined turboprop, featuring GE H75 engines and a Garmin G1000 flight deck. The G90XT is scheduled to make its maiden flight later this month.
Source: Flight International
