Steve Varsano shows how clients pick a jet from 145 models by filtering on budget, then range from a home airport, then accounting for wind. A £20 million budget cuts the options sharply. Tailwinds from London to Dubai save hours; headwinds on the way back cost them.
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So this is when a client comes in. If there's somebody says, I want to buy a plane, there's 145 different aircraft models that trade in the world today. So how do you pick the airplane that really meets your needs? So basically, first question we ask, how much do you want to spend? Well, let's say somebody wants to spend £20 million. 115 of them are priced under £20 million. You can play this game to reduce it down. And then let's say you want to pick these 3 airplanes. This is the nonstop range. So from London, anywhere in this circle, you can go without stopping for gas. When you're flying on an airplane from London, let's say, to Dubai, you go there much faster than if you're flying from Dubai back to London. It's because you see the winds here. Generally, winds are always going from west to east. So if the winds are pushing you, that means you're going to get to where you're going faster, and you can go further because the wind's pushing you on the amount of fuel you have.