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If youre in Washington state, get a hold of Harbor Airlines. They fly
Caravans all over the San Juan Islands. The used to fly Navajos (PA31s)
but switched to C208s over a year ago. They seem to put quite a few hours
on them! Their phone number is 800-359-3220.
Bud

"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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> Cessna claims that the direct operating costs for a Grand Caravan are
about
> $200/hour, or $1.11/mile. This includes fuel, oil, reserves for overhauls,
> engine & airframe maintenance, parts, and avionics repairs. Any Caravan
> drivers know whether these figures are close to the mark? A couple of
> Cessnas assumptions look low to me: $1.90/gallon for fuel, and a shop
rate
> of $42/hour. Their figures also seem to depend on the engine, prop, and
> generator all making TBO.
>
> Cessna also claims that you can count on 1200 productive hours a year from
> this plane. This seems to allow almost no down time. Is 1200 hours/year a
> realistic expectation? They assert that with 1200 hours you can expect a
> total operating cost of about $400/hour, or $2.43/mile, including crew
cost
> and financing.
>
> Are these figures reasonable, allowing for the caveats already mentioned?
>
>

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