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EBACE 2011: VistaJet orders 18 Bombardier jets
VistaJet put itself back in full-blown growth mode yesterday, placing a major order with Bombardier for 18 jets in a move that will take its fleet to more

VistaJet put itself back in full-blown growth mode yesterday, placing a major order with Bombardier for 18 jets in a move that will take its fleet to more than 50 aircraft. The $383 million deal signed here at EBACE includes 12 Globals and Challengers and six Learjet 60 XRs. Deliveries should begin next year.

Thomas Flohr, founder and chairman of VistaJet, said his company’s current order backlog is valued at $1.3 billion. On order are 10 Global 6000s, six Challenger 605s, 11 Learjet 85s and six Learjet 60 XRs. VistaJet operates only Bombardier aircraft and prior to the financial crisis had been working toward a high-volume business plan that would see its fleet rise above 100 aircraft. Between this month and November, it is due to take three more of the previously ordered Challengers and a pair of Global Express jets.

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