From the turboprop
to the airliner.

Propeller-driven and frugal, the turboprop is the aircraft for short hops, and for the airfields that jets leave alone: short runways, island strips, high valleys.

It flies a little lower and slower than a jet, which makes little difference over an hour or so, and it costs less to run. The cabin seats a small group comfortably, though not standing.

The smallest jets in service, and the most economical way to fly privately at jet speed. Four to six seats, and room for a short trip’s luggage.

It is at its best on short sectors, two hours at most. The cabin is snug: you travel seated, quickly and on your own timetable.

More range and more speed than the very light jet: the light jet is the everyday aircraft of short and medium sectors between neighbouring cities and countries.

It suits the day trip, out in the morning and back for dinner. The seats are comfortable and the cabin compact, built for privacy rather than for moving about.

A little more range than the light jet and, above all, a taller cabin, in which most people can stand. It takes a small group further without asking it to fold up.

Three hours or so in the air covers most medium sectors comfortably, with room in the hold for everyone’s luggage.

Built for longer sectors: four hours and more without a stop, in a cabin you can stand and move about in.

A long-standing choice for business travel. There is room to work, room for luggage, and the range to cross most of a continent in one go.

Long range in a wide cabin: six hours or so without a stop, with full standing room and a generous hold.

It is the step before the large cabins. A bigger group crosses a continent in comfort, and the crew has the space to look after it properly.

The large cabins of private aviation: separate areas to work, to eat and to rest, and seven hours or so in the air.

Made for long journeys and for groups travelling together, business or family. Seats and divans make up into beds for a night flight.

Twelve hours or so without a stop: far enough to join Europe to Asia or the Americas in a single flight.

The cabins are the largest short of the airliners, often with a separate bedroom, and a rest area for the crew so the flight can go on through the night. You arrive rested.

Airliners refitted as private aircraft: a dining room, a bedroom, a meeting room, and space for a whole delegation.

For a large party, a long journey or an occasion that calls for it. There are few of them, so the earlier we know, the wider the choice.