Fastest Light Business Jet Also Sets Record Pace In Sales
The world's fastest light business jet has reached yet another
target in (potentially) record time. Sino Swearingen announced
Friday they have exceeded 295 orders for their new SJ30-2 ultra
high performance business jet.
"This is an absolutely incredible corporate jet with key
performance VPR's (Value Price Ratios) exceeding every aircraft in
this category in the world," said Gene Comfort, Senior VP for SSAC
Sales and Marketing. "Orders are accelerating into the stratosphere
with advanced performance numbers recently confirmed for the SJ30-2
that include; the world's Fastest Light Business Jet with a high
cruise speed of 560 mph, 487 kts. (Mach .83) and the world's
Longest Range Light Business Jet, at 2,888 sm."
Top speed and order count aren't the only high numbers being
generated by the SJ30-2: according to a company release, those
295+ orders have generated a backlog revenue of over $1.5
billion. That's "billion."
As was reported recently in
Aero-News, the SL30-2 has also recently met all target
goals required for FAA certification. Sino Swearingen has finalized
the certification process for November 27, 2005 at its
international headquarters and manufacturing facilities in San
Antonio, TX -- which means the majority of those orders, backed
with signatures and non-refundable deposits, were gathered long
before the aircraft was certified.
And that, according to the company, might be good enough for a
record -- over 295 sales in less than 2.5 years prior to FAA
Certification. Last month, the company averaged more than one sale
a day.
"This incredible number of sales is amazing when you consider
every sale was made prior to receiving the FAA Certification last
week. Sales are so brisk that we increased our pre-FAA
certification sales projections so many times that some goals were
reached as we were revising them," said Comfort. "We were aware
that the SJ30-2 and its ultra-high-performance levels would launch
it as a world's best seller, but it was hard to imagine that it
would happen this fast and the aircraft would achieve sales goals
at this incredibly high level prior to obtaining the FAA
certification."
The SJ30-2 will be prominently featured at next week's NBAA
Conference in Orlando, FL. Two SJ30-2s will be flown in and placed
at the static display, and a full-size mockup of the cockpit and
interior will be featured at the company's indoor booth, number
2176. The FAA will also officially hand over the Type Certificate
during an opening day ceremony.