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Nextant Innovates With Latest Reworking of Light Jet
The Nextant XTi, the latest evolution of the company’s 400XT, boasts a wider, taller cabin; an innovative noise-insulation package; new avionics; and, most notably, Nextant-designed drag-reducing “shark fin” winglets that further enhance performance. (Photo: David McIntosh)
The Nextant XTi, the latest evolution of the company’s 400XT, boasts a wider, taller cabin; an innovative noise-insulation package; new avionics; and, most notably, Nextant-designed drag-reducing “shark fin” winglets that further enhance performance. (Photo: David McIntosh)

Nextant Aerospace recently introduced the 400XTi model as the latest evolution of the remanufactured light business jet. Compared to the 400XT, the new version (the “i” stands for innovation) introduces a number of improvements, including an all-new cabin that offers more space and reducednoise. Since it gained certification in late 2011, the Nextant 400XT has proved popular as operators have come to realize that a factory-fresh light business jet with the latest features and class-leading operating economics is available for less than $5 million, around 50 percent of the cost of comparable new-build types. “The price point of the light jet had just got way out of whack with where it should be,” commented Jay Heublein, v-p global sales and marketing.

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