The aircraft
The Cessna Citation CJ II
One aircraft, owned and operated by us. Not a listing on someone else's fleet page — an aeroplane on our permit, with crew we know and a maintenance record we can show you.
Range
1,450nm
Passengers
Up to 7
Cruise
400ktas
Registration
VT-MON
Range and cruise are manufacturer figures and vary with payload, routing and weather. Based at New Delhi. Ask us for the aircraft’s maintenance status and our permit details on your first call — we would rather you checked.
Reach
Where 1,450 nautical miles takes you from Delhi
Approximate block times, non-stop, in still air. Most of India sits comfortably inside a single sector.
New Delhi → Mumbai
2h 10m
New Delhi → Bengaluru
2h 45m
New Delhi → Bhopal
1h 05m
New Delhi → Kathmandu
1h 50m
Longer sectors — the far south, the north-east, the Gulf — are flown with a technical stop or on a larger aircraft arranged through our operator network.
The choice
Why a light jet suits Indian routes
One aircraft is a deliberate position, not a shortfall. Here is the reasoning, including the part that does not flatter us.
Most Indian sectors are short
Delhi to Mumbai is a little over two hours. Delhi to Bhopal is barely one. A heavy jet does not arrive meaningfully sooner on a route like that; it simply costs more per hour to get there.
More runways are available
The CJ II operates comfortably from shorter runways than larger business jets require. That often means landing at the airfield nearest your destination rather than the nearest one big enough.
The cost is proportionate
You are not chartering cabin space you will not use. For a party of two to six on a domestic sector, a light jet is the honest match between aircraft and journey.
And the trade-off
One aircraft means it is sometimes already flying. When it is, we arrange your journey with another operator and tell you whose permit you are on before you commit, not after.
On board
What the cabin is, and is not
A CJ II seats up to seven. It is quiet, private and quick — it is not a stateroom, and we will not pretend otherwise.
Sized for the route
A light jet is the right aircraft for most Indian sectors. Delhi to Mumbai is a two-hour flight, not a transatlantic crossing.
Short-field capable
The CJ II works comfortably from runways that larger business jets cannot use, which opens airfields closer to where you are going.
Ours, not brokered
When you fly VT-MON you are flying our aircraft under our permit. We know its history because we hold it.
Enquire
See the aircraft, or put it to work
Tell us the route and the date. If VT-MON is the right aircraft we will say so; if it is not, we will tell you what is.