Small-Jet Air Taxi Era Is at Hand

"Thousands of tiny passenger jets will soon begin flying,... which will open up travel opportunities at small airports, and perhaps eventually gum up the air traffic control system... [This] new class of small planes, called very light jets, or microjets, with only 6 to 8 seats... can fly about two-thirds as fast as an airliner, and at higher altitudes, but land easily on short runways found at small airports that have no scheduled airline service... Proponents of the microjets, which have a range of 1,000 miles or more, said they would spawn a new generation of air taxis and charters that would carry travelers to small airports, usually within 20 minutes of their homes or destinations, at coach fare prices."