Charter & Fractional
Jet Excellence Plots Course for Growth with Citation Xs
CEO cites scale and cost advantages of speedy twinjets
A Citation X on a ramp
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Jet Excellence is expanding its wholesale charter model around a growing fleet of Cessna Citation Xs, a direction CEO McQueen Campbell said is rooted in operating economics and scale. He emphasized the importance of matching cost structure to aircraft type and noted that rising operating expenses have altered the economics of light and midsize jets.

“Fuel was $3.50 a gallon, so every input cost we’ve got was less then,” Campbell told AIN. “The cost per hour for a pilot has gone up a lot…it’s gotten much tougher to make money in the light and the mid jet class versus the super mid.”