A multi-engine, instrument rated pilot, James Wynbrandt has been an AIN and Business Jet Traveler contributor since 2003. His in-depth reporting and insightful features have won more than a dozen editorial honors, including two National Business Aviation Association Gold Wing Awards (2019; 2021), and his articles have also appeared in the New York Times, Barron’s, Fortune, Forbes, and Smithsonian Air &amp; Space. He has flown his Mooney M20K 252 on assignments throughout North and Central America and the Caribbean. Wynbrandt is also the author of Flying High (Wiley &amp; Sons), a biography of Jet Blue founder David Neeleman, as well as histories, references works, and books on a variety of other topics from major publishers. He lives in New York City.

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Jet Aviation&nbsp;has redelivered&nbsp;its first ACJ319neo, featuring “the quietest VVIP cabin that the center has completed to date,” yet still weighing less than comparable bespoke interiors, the completions provider announced at NBAA-VBACE.

 


“Our departments have been working together to rethink industry norms, and apply new methodologies to create the next generation of VVIP cabins that are not only beautifully designed and crafted, but are lighter and quieter,” said Jet Aviation VIP completions v-p Jeremie Caillet.

 


The Swiss company’s Basel Completions Center performed the ACJ319neo’s outfitting, with the interior designed by its in-house studio team in collaboration with the undisclosed customer’s designer. The customer’s design brief called on Jet Aviation “to maximize light in the cabin,” achieved through strategic placement of decorative mirrored panels, each etched with an intricate pattern reflected in the carpet and moldings throughout the interior, that add “subtle layers of detail to the calm and refined aesthetic,” Caillet said.

 


A custom embroidered art panel depicting an Oriental scene hangs above the bed in the master bedroom, with complementary artworks hanging throughout the cabin. Furnishings in cream and light beige are complemented with gold, mother of pearl, and calacatta and onyx marble detail.

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