You can now place your order for an Aerion supersonic business jet at a price of $120 million, the company announced this week at the European Business Aviation Convention & Expo in Geneva. “This is another step forward for Aerion,” said chairman Robert Bass. The company hopes to sign up 50 launch customers who will get special pricing and other benefits. The company, based in Reno, is now working with Airbus to refine the design of the AS2 supersonic bizjet. “We’ve made substantial progress in defining the AS2 from the inside and the outside,” said CEO Doug Nichols. Also at EBACE, Cessna announced on Tuesday it has received EASA certification for its CJ3+ light jet.
The CJ3+ was certified by the FAA in September, and Cessna said it delivered 10 of the single-pilot jets by the end of last year. The CJ3+ seats up to nine people and can fly up to 2,040 nm. Piper also announced the first sale of a Meridian M500 in Europe. The M500, introduced last month, is an upgrade of the Meridian six-seat single-engine turboprop, with an enhanced Garmin G1000 avionics package.
