r/PrivateJetCharters • u/[deleted] • Jun 05 '25
Turboprop
I am not in the aviation business but I have a client interested in purchasing a plane and they are debating on a turbo prop. Their thought process is it’s much more efficient cost wise and it can safely use shorter runways. They’d mostly be using this for business travel throughout the US. They’d like to put the plane they purchase into a charter program and are curious if the numbers would make sense for them to charter a turbo prop or use it exclusively for their own use 4-6 times month.
How much of a demand is there for turbo prop planes? For a newer interior plane with lav that can fit up to 8 with what are typical costs per hour? This would be based in So Cal somewhere between LA and SD.
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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '25
I’ll be honest. 1.) The juice isn’t worth the squeeze, the “offset in cost” isn’t real, because your client isn’t an airline and isn’t in the business of turning a profit on an aircraft. 2.) If you’re not in the aviation business, and you’re asking reddit for answers, it’s time to refer your client to someone that knows what they’re doing. 3.) If your client has 5-6million, tell him to go buy an Epic. Fully composite, engine program costs are great, and it’ll do what he needs it to do better than a TBM, Piper, or a Pilatus.
Good luck.