Craig McLeod (left) and Captain Peter Riley on the landing approach following their transatlantic flight

Naljets brings $25m business jet to Leeds Bradford airport

Naljets, an aircraft management company based in the northeast of England, has taken delivery of a $25 million aircraft to add to its growing fleet of business jets hangared at Multiflight Ltd, at Leeds Bradford International airport. The Challenger 350 was flown overnight from the factory in Montréal to the UK by Naljets' managing director Craig McLeod and Captain Peter Riley.

Naljets will manage the jet on behalf of an international client, and it will also be available for private charter, helping the company to meet growing demand from an array of clients in the UK and abroad. The aircraft has a range of 3,200 nm and can reach destinations in the USA, Russia, Middle East and north Africa non-stop.

The Challenger 350 can carry ten passengers in comfort and offers top-of-the-range technology including highly advanced cockpit avionics. These include a 'Synthetic Vision System' to enhance safety, which overlays outside terrain as well as runway and airport features on the cockpit displays in bad weather, and Lufthansa Technik cabin entertainment systems.

The aircraft is hangared at Leeds Bradford. Naljets co-directors Nick Waters and Craig McLeod relocated the fleet there to take advantage of good transport links, cost-effective landing and parking of aircraft, and the benefits of operating out of a well-resourced airport that is less congested than many of the larger UK airports. The aircraft can reach many international destinations more quickly and without the more frequent delays characteristic of congested airports and airspace.

McLeod says: “Since registering the aircraft in the UK last month, it has already flown nearly 200 hours – more hours than many business aircraft get flown in an entire year – so we really appreciate its performance capabilities. It is an awesome aircraft with an improved payload and a phenomenal climb rate, much faster than the earlier Challenger 300. In addition, its state of the art winglets have improved fuel efficiency, flying performance and reduced stall speeds, meaning we can now get into remote airfields that were previously out of reach. It is a pilot's jet.”