Minor Aviation expands into executive jets
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Bangkok Post reported that the American-born executive with Thai nationality launched Minor Aviation Co with a new US-made Cessna Citation CJ3.
It seats up to seven passengers and travels at up to 773 km an hour. The company will add a second jet, the Cessna Citation X, the fastest civilian aircraft in the world, in June 2008.
The twin-jet aircraft, which costs US$21 million, can fly at up to Mach 0.92 and carry eight to 12 passengers with two crew over a maximum distance of 6,020 km.
The company has ordered a Cessna CJ4, a stretch extension of the CJ3 that is due for delivery in 2011. Heinecke told the Post the company might enlarge its fleet to six aircraft over the next three years to meet rising demand.
MA’s current destinations include Singapore, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, India, the Maldives and Sri Lanka. With the arrival of the Citation X, the company aims to offer longer-haul routes to the Middle East or Hong Kong.
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