Company Chairman and CEO Bill Boisture stated: "While we remain fully committed to certifying and fielding the class-leading Premier II as designed, we must be prudent in our evaluation of the current and forecasted global economic environment. On 31 August 2009, the company indicated that it was slowing development of the Premier II, moving its first delivery date into late 2012 or early 2013 due to the poor market for business aircraft. Hawker Beechcraft claimed to have received orders for several dozen Premier IIs. First flight was scheduled for April 2009, with FAA certification planned for the first half of 2010. The aircraft would continue to feature composite materials for the fuselage, and have more powerful engines and new winglets to achieve performance improvements over the previous model. Developed from the Premier IA, the new aircraft would feature higher cruise speeds, a 20% longer range with four passengers, and increased payload. On, Hawker Beechcraft announced the launch of the Premier II. In 2018, used aircraft from 2003 to 2011 were priced at $1.28 to 2.4 million. It was upgraded as the Premier IA in 2006 for $7 million with better brakes, avionics and cabin, and 163 were built in five years.
After development delays, the aircraft entered service in 2001 but with poor runway performance, erratic lift dump and brakes, a noisy cabin and substandard cockpit. Its FAA Type Certificate was issued on 23 March 2001. The Premier I prototype was rolled out on 19 August 1998 and its first flight was on 22 December 1998 four prototypes were used in the flight test program. In the mid-1990s, the light jet was to be priced at $5 million. The aircraft was officially launched at the annual National Business Aviation Association Convention in September 1995 and construction of the first prototype commenced late in 1996.
Contentsĭesign of the Premier I began early in 1994 under the designation PD-374 (PD for Preliminary Design), and development was authorized to continue early the following year.
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The aircraft was designed to compete with the Cessna CitationJet series of aircraft. The Beechcraft Premier I is a light business jet aircraft manufactured by the Beechcraft division of Hawker Beechcraft.
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