Inside The $15 Million Learjet 45XR

Описание: Inside The $15 Million Learjet 45XR Private Jet

This is the Learjet 45XR, a study in contrasts: it is a breakthrough aircraft that had a troubled and lengthy gestation period, and its operators have a strong love-hate relationship with the airplane and its product support. Factory product support for Learjets has never been best in class, and after several years of incremental improvement, operators continue to report parts shortages, parts shipping errors, and an occasional annoying lack of urgency exhibited by customer service agents.
With such a menu of misery, you might expect that the airplanes wouldn't fly much and that their owners would be trying to unload them, but you would be wrong. The Learjet 45XR has the direct operating costs of a light jet, but flies a lot higher, faster, farther, and has a more comfortable cabin. Payload with full fuel is a respectable 1,600 pounds, and up to 500 pounds of baggage can be split between nose and aft compartments. In other words, it delivers the performance and comfort of an airplane that costs millions more.
While the base purchase price for a new Learjet 45XR was $13 million before options, now you can find a used one between $3 million for a 2003 model and $6 million for a 2012 edition, and the charter price is estimated at $4,000 to $6,000 per hour. Naturally, prices will vary depending on availability, fuel prices, ground fees, and more.
While the annual fixed cost is roughly $400,000 to $600,000, the average hourly operating cost is estimated at $2,000 to $3,000.
Here is everything you need to know about the Learjet 45XR.

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0:00 - Intro
1:09 - Cabin
4:18 - Cockpit
7:39 - Performance
9:06 - Prices
9:47 - Outro

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