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I, formerly called the Galaxy, following its acquisition by Gulfstream fleet in service in North America. Attention is also being given to the changing for tunes of the Gulfstream G200, formerly the Galaxy, following its acquisition from IAI. The census currently shows this fleet unchanged from last year, hovering at 20, while Dassault's Falcon 2000 showed con sistent growth over the period particularly in North America where the fleet grew by 24 to 104. Among the fastest growers in the mid- range category are Bombardier's Lear jet 60 and Raytheon's Hawker 800XP which between them now account for a stagger ing 472 aircraft in the census of which more than 350 are operated in North America. Sales of Cessna's competing Citation VII, which is now out of produc tion, ended at 119 with attention now focused on the forthcoming Sovereign. Gulfstream's newly acquired G100, the for mer Astra SPX, meanwhile remains rela tively static. The impact of the newly flown Bombardier Continental and Raytheon Hawker Horizon will not start to be felt on the census until 2003. New boys on the block Leading the rapidly expanding "super- light" niche are the popular Cessna Excel and Bombardier's Learjet 45. The fleet size of both doubled over from 2000 to 2001, representing one of the fastest build-ups in business aircraft history. The Excel fleet grew from 96 to 184, while the Learjet 45 jumped from 78 to 152 - the latter enjoy ing more sales success outside of its tradi tional North American stomping ground. Mone big numbers are also seen in the "light" category which is dominated by Cessna's Citation Bravo, Encore and Ultra products, Bombardier's Learjet 31A and Raytheon's Beechjet 400A, the latter fleet having expanded to 319 from 276 in 2000. Figuring fast as newcomers in the The GIVP fleet, for example, rose dramati cally by more than 50 to 248, the vast bulk of the growth coming from the increase in popularity of the aircraft in North America. The Falcon family's, presence in the key Americas markets continued to increase with the presence of more 53 900EXs. Not surprisingly perhaps, the larger Falcons continue to dominate this market segment in Europe. The Challenger 604 build-up in Europe (to 31 from 23 in 2000) is also sig nificant, but as usual the figures pale by comparison to the size of the North American fleet which now exceeds 140 with deliveries expected to push this towards 170 in the coming 12 months. The high-speed Citation X fleet is closely following this trend in the super mid-size niche, with 147 of the current 163-strong "As many turboprop owners and users switch to the similarly priced entry-level business jetr the impact is expected to fall on Raytheon's popular King Air" "entry-level" category are the rapidly growing fleets of Citationjet CJls and CJ2s, the former growing by 65 over the last year to 86, and latter having already reached 30 by the time of the census deadline. The competing Raytheon Premier 1 and Sino-Swearingen SJ30-2 have yet to register on the census, none having been delivered. As many former turboprop owners and users switch to the similarly priced entry- level business jets, the impact is expected to fall most heavily on Raytheon's popular King Air - one of the last major turboprop series to remain in production. Future suc cess is still expected for niche players. The Piper Newcomers to this arena are single- Meridian is engine models like the New Piper making a Meridian which, with a fleet of 72, is still strong in its first full year of production. Sales of showing its nearest direct European competitor - in its first the Socata TBM 700 - continue steadily, fullyearof the census showing a 2001 fleet of 171 production versus last year's 123. • www.flightinternational.com FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 11-17 SEPTEMBER 2001 73
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