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Flexjet Moving Forward with Lear 85 Replacement

Flexjet works to transition former Learjet 85 customers into a new model as it prepares to take delivery of its first Gulfstreams.

By Kerry Lynch • Editor, AIN monthly magazine

April 29, 2015

Flexjet has found a replacement for the Bombardier Learjet 85 and has been working to transition customers who ordered shares in this now-shelved model into the new aircraft, chairman Kenn Ricci told AIN yesterday. Ricci did not specify the selection for replacement, saying the company expects to release those details later this summer after Flexjet has reached out to its entire customer base. Flexjet was the single largest customer for the all-composite twinjet, which Bombardier “paused” earlier this year. Flexjet had orders for at least 60 Learjet 85s and had sold "well over" 60 shares in the business jet. Initial deliveries to Flexjet were anticipated late last year, but the aircraft was still in flight-test at the time.

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