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Honda Aircraft Unveils Upgraded HondaJet Elite S
The Elite S is the latest version of the HondaJet and adds more range and new communications and safety features.

In a virtual launch ceremony today, Honda Aircraft president and CEO Michimasa Fujino revealed features of the new HondaJet Elite S, including an increase in maximum takeoff weight (mtow), flight deck improvements, a nosewheel steering enhancement, and new paint colors. The Elite S will be available starting in June and has a base price of $5.4 million, up from the Elite’s original base price of $5.25 million when it was introduced in 2018.

The Elite S mtow is 200 pounds heavier, which allows carriage of an extra passenger or flying an additional 120 nm with one pilot and five passengers. The additional mtow capability is the result of “various analyses, ground and flight tests, as well as additional certification requirement tests to prove the aircraft and its structural capabilities,” according to Honda Aircraft.