Originally Posted by
Jetlife
JS moving into the large cabin market with the 600/650 Would be a big change to the business model. Selling empty legs for 69 bucks in a Legacy will quickly bankrupt the company. The JS model works for them right now with light cabin planes, but I am not sure transferring the model to larger planes will work.
They would need at least 10 big cabin jets to reduce some of the deadheading cost due to the type of flying it could do. The challenge is that JetSuite has the brand but nothing to offer beyond the CJ3 to parities that need more seats. Sure, they can charter multiple airplanes at once, but they need to provide a more complete range of options in markets like LA, SFO and TEB where the deeper pockets are located. For example, you see plenty of C750s, G200s and CL300s flying between the LA area & LAS.
I do believe the Phenom 300 will be more popular among passengers than the CJ3.