Summary Nicholas Air offers unique private air travel experiences with newer aircraft like the Pilatus PC-12 Jet Card. The Embraer Phenom 300 is a sustainable aircraft running on 100% sustainable aviation fuel, with innovative features. The Cessna Citation Latitude offers cost-effective flying with a larger passenger capacity, low operating costs, and more space.
Nicholas Air is based in Oxford, Mississippi and is one of the largest air charter providers in the nation; it is also one of the safest. One of the ways it maintains an impressive safety record is by using new aircraft. As far as three years ago, it had an average fleet age of approximately five years .
Nicholas Air aims “to provide a highly personalized and unique private air travel experience. Making a difference in the lives of our members by maintaining the highest safety and quality standards.” But which aircraft does it use to provide a unique private air travel experience? Let's take a look.
7 Pilatus PC-12 More than 2000 Pilatus PC-12 have been produced, but Nicholas Air is the only one offering it as a "Jet Card" The services of the Pilatus PC-12 provided by Nicholas Air are quite a distinction. This air-charter provider is the only one offering this aircraft in a "Jet Card" format . The Pilatus PC-12 also has one of the best safety records for corporate aircraft.
Maximum range 1,500 miles at a cruise speed of 300 mph. Luggage capacity 40 cubic feet of baggage capacity, and you can bring: Six roll-on bags Six garment bags Six small bags Four golf bags or four pairs of skis Cabin Length 16 ft 11 inches Cabin width 5 ft Cabin height 4 ft 10 inches In addition to being used as a private jet, the aircraft can be used for other purposes, such as : An air ambulance, as operated by the Royal Flying Doctor Service, and South African Red Cross Air Mercy Service. Search and rescue operations as done by the USAF, US Special Operations Command, Western Australian Police, Ontario Provincial Police, Customs & Border Protection.
6 Embraer Phenom 100 One of the best-selling aircraft of the Embraer Phenom family In terms of the number of aircraft produced, Embraer is only tucked behind Airbus and Boeing . This Brazilian giant of an aircraft manufacturer first rolled out the Embrarer Phenom 100 in 2007. More than 400 of these aircraft have been produced.
Let's take a look at other specifications of the Embraer Phenom 100 owned by Nicholas Air, which has a capacity for carrying 5 passengers. Maximum range 800 miles at a cruise speed of 420 mph. Luggage capacity 53 cubic feet of baggage capacity, and you can bring Four roll-on bags Four garment bags Four small bags Four golf bags or two pairs of skis Cabin Length 11 ft Cabin width 5 ft 1 inches Cabin height 4ft 11 inches The Embraer Phenom 100 operated by Nicholas Air has a state-of-the-art glass cockpit.
The aircraft also has highly integrated avionics by Garmin. Justin Foster reported for Simple Fling that the Garmin 3000 avionics suite used in the Phenom 100 was implemented in 2013: "..
earlier models utilized the Garmin G1000 avionics system. It also includes graphical flight planning, SurfaceWatch, vertical navigation, turbulence detection, and a windshear prediction system." 5 Cessna Citation CJ3+ This upgraded version of the CJ3 owned by Nicholas Air is capable of operating from complex airports The Cessna Citation CJ3+ operated by Nicholas Air is an upgrade from the Embraer Phenom 100.
This aircraft, which is tailored for short and mid-range flights, is capable of operating in and out of airports with short runways. Let's take a look at the specification of this aircraft that can carry eight passengers: Maximum range 1875 miles at a cruise speed of 480 mph. Baggage capacity 65 cubic feet of baggage capacity, and you can bring Six roll-on bags Six garment bags Six small bags Six golf bags or six pairs of skis Cabin Length 15 ft 8 inches Cabin width 4 ft 10 inches Cabin height 4ft 9 inches The Cessna Citation CJ3+ was upgraded (from the Cessna Citation CJ3) in 2013 - the most significant upgrade being the installation of the Garmin G3000 suite.
Some of the other features of the aircraft include: Connectivity enhancements, such as wireless media servers and high-speed internet Traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS) II Advanced Terrain Awareness Warning Systems (TAWS) 4 Embraer Phenom 300 An aircraft capable of running on purely sustainable aviation fuel Embraer 300 has a capacity for nine passengers and is capable of operating and taking off at challenging airports with hot temperatures and high elevations. The Embraer 300 is one of the leading aircraft in terms of aviation sustainability, as it was announced last year that tests on the aircraft revealed that it was capable of operating on "100% neat sustainable aviation fuel". Let's take a look at the specifications of the Embraer Phenom 300 owned by Nicholas Air: Maximum range 2,100 miles at a cruise speed of 500 mph.
Luggage capacity 65 cubic feet of baggage capacity, and you can bring: Four roll-on bags Four garment bags Four small bags Four golf bags or two pairs of skis Cabin Length 17 ft 2 inches Cabin width 5 ft 1 inches Cabin height 4ft 11 inches Nicholas Ar reports that the Embraer Phenom 300 is "arguably the most innovative private jet available": "Delivering best-in-class performance, the Phenom 300, produces up to 29% less CO2 than older aircraft and 14% less than the current competition. Phenom 300 is the ultimate private jet with the ramp presence and cabin of a midsize jet." 3 Cessna Citation Latitude Nicholas Air also operates Cessna's Citation Latitude - one of Cessna's largest business jets Nicholas Air added Citation Longitude, which has the capacity to for nine passengers, to its fleet in 2021 .
The aircraft is the best-selling mid-sized business jet in the world, and offers plenty of galley space. Maximum range 2,950 miles at a cruise speed of 513 mph Luggage capacity 127 cubic feet of baggage capacity, and you can bring: Eight roll-on bags Eight garment bags Eight small bags Six golf bags or six pairs of skis Cabin Length 21 ft 9 inches Cabin width 6 ft 5 inches Cabin height 6 ft The aircraft has lower operating costs and is expected to be popular among jet operators like Nicholas Air, reported Luke Bodell for Simple Flying : "Textron Aviation says the Longitude can be flown at an average hourly operating cost of $2,455. This ultimately works out at up to 16% cheaper operating costs over a five-year period, certainly helping to offset the jet's $28 million list price.
" 2 Bombardier Challenger 300/350 Two Honeywell HTF7000 engines give it a thrust of 6,826 pounds The Bombardier Challenger 300/350 operated by Nicholas Air has the same baggage capacity as the Cessna Citation Latitude it owns, alongside having an identical number of passenger capacity, i.e., 9.
Maximum range 3,567 miles at a cruise speed of 541 miles per hour. Luggage capacity 127 cubic feet of baggage capacity, and you can bring: Eight roll-on bags Eight garment bags Eight small bags Six golf bags or six pairs of skis Cabin Length 28 ft 7 inches Cabin width 7 ft 2 inches Cabin height 6 ft 1 inches Nicholas Correnti, the Founder and CEO of Nicholas Air, talked to Forbes about the acquisition of the newer aircraft (the Bombardier Challenger 300/350) to its fleet and commented: “We’ve continued to invest in the best and most modern aircraft in the market. Adding three new Phenom 300E airframes and a Challenger 350 just in the last 60 days continues that trend" 1 Gulfstream G600 The biggest aircraft in Nicholas Air's fleet Earlier this year, Nicholas Air announced the addition of a Gulfstream G600 to their fleet.
This aircraft is the most capacious of all aircraft operated by Nicholas Air, as it can accommodate 21 passengers. It is also the one with the greatest range. Maximum range 6,600 miles at a cruise speed of 690 miles per hour.
Luggage capacity 175 cubic feet of baggage capacity, and you can bring: Sixteen roll-on bags Sixteen garment bags Sixteen small bags Eight golf bags or twelve pairs of skis Cabin Length 45 ft 2 inches Cabin width 7 ft 7 inches Cabin height 6 ft 2 inches Nicholas Air says that the aircraft was "designed as the quietest cabin in private aviation", and has a cabin altitude of 3,500 ft. The low-cabin altitude of the aircraft is 4,850 ft, and it can reach a mach speed of 0.925.
The aircraft can operate between the following cities without landing for refueling: New York-Dubai Los Angeles-Shanghai London-Beijing.
