AVweb’s NBAA 2007 Podcast #1: DayJet’s Iacobucci – Initial Eclipse Availability Is Promising

Ed Iacobucci, president and CEO of DayJet, told AVweb in this extended podcast that the initial maintenance availability and reliability of the company’s first 12 Eclipse 500 twin jets has been better than he expected and that operating economics have thus far panned out to within 5% of expectations as DayJet flies its first revenue passengers. So far, so good – but Iacobucci says DayJet’s marriage to Eclipse isn’t necessarily monogamous; he’s talking to other jet makers, too. Bottom line: It’s too soon to tell what the long-term potential of either the VLJ market or the air taxi segment will be.

Ed Iacobucci, president and CEO of DayJet, told AVweb in this extended podcast that the initial maintenance availability and reliability of the company's first 12 Eclipse 500 twin jets has been better than he expected and that operating economics have thus far panned out to within 5% of expectations as DayJet flies its first revenue passengers. So far, so good - but Iacobucci says DayJet's marriage to Eclipse isn't necessarily monogamous; he's talking to other jet makers, too. Bottom line: It's too soon to tell what the long-term potential of either the VLJ market or the air taxi segment will be.

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