Flight hours a year to breakeven

[gulfstream2345]

Offsetting costs

Our owner got a 3.0 million $ tax break on the purchase of his airplane. Then put it on a 135 to help offset the costs of ownership. If you are trying to figure out how much it actually costs to own a jet then the best resource is Conklin DeDecker. You can compare operational costs and tailor it to your operation.

 

[rice]

By breakeven I'm defining everything. Insurance, hangar, maintenance, loan payments, fuel, pilots, charts. I used a citation sovereign as my research plane.

If you guys are saying it takes 100 hours a month to break even it seems like an impossible business. Why even bother doing it!?

Take capital costs and debt service out of the equation and a DA-2000 MIGHT breakeven at about 600 hrs annually.
As for the 100 hr/month scenario, well on most planes I would imagine that will cause an extra maint. cycle each year which will not only increase costs but add to down time making it even more difficult. There is always a sweet spot where you max on revenue without significantly increasing costs. Usually this is not enough to cover the debt load.
There is a reason you almost never see a 135 certificate holder which "owns" their fleet. Just not economical to do so.