The Nextant 400XTi, launched in 2011, was the first fully remanufactured business jet, pairing a rebuilt Beechjet 400A airframe with new engines, avionics and interior. It delivered light-jet capability with impressive economics.
A fact that flatters the type: The 400XTi was the world's first fully remanufactured business jet, giving a rebuilt airframe near-new performance and economics that a clean-sheet jet struggles to match. It is the kind of heritage that quietly reassures a charter client.
The Nextant 400XTi was built to work hard, its 2x Williams FJ44-3AP (3,052 lbf each) and redundant systems giving the dispatch reliability that keeps a charter day on the rails. Mature types carry a known maintenance rhythm, which means fewer last-minute swaps and cleaner scheduling. That predictability is worth as much to a client as any cabin feature on the type.
Avionics matter more than passengers realise, and the Nextant 400XTi is well found, with Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 giving the crew the tools for confident approaches into short, high or busy airports. Automation trims workload, and a rested crew flies a smoother, more punctual charter. That margin is part of why the aircraft dispatches so reliably.
With about 2005 nautical miles in hand the Nextant 400XTi turns a two-stop itinerary into a single hop, comfortably flying London to Athens, nonstop and handing back the hours a fuel stop would cost. Crews plan a little under the book figure, since headwinds and a full cabin trim usable range, but on the sectors clients fly most the type reaches its destination without pause. On a light jet charter that reach is what buys back a whole half-day.
As a Nextant product the Nextant 400XTi brings a respected name and a worldwide support network, reassurance that matters as much to charter clients as the cabin itself. Decades of service have wrung the surprises out of the design. Choosing the aircraft is choosing a known, trusted quantity.
The Nextant 400XTi is happy on short and secondary runways, so a charter routes into the airfield nearest the meeting, the villa or the resort rather than the nearest airline gateway. That flexibility matters most where mountains, islands or short strips rule out bigger jets. Access, quietly, is one of the strongest reasons clients pick the type.
Disadvantages of the Nextant 400XTi as a charter aircraft, and how we weigh them:
The Nextant 400XTi asks a premium that tracks its capability, and there are lighter or older options that charter for less when the mission is simple. We are always straight about when a cheaper aircraft would serve you just as well.
If outright top speed or the newest cabin technology is your single priority, a more recent design may edge it, yet for most travellers the Nextant 400XTi balance of comfort, capability and value is the more meaningful advantage on the day.
As alternatives to the Nextant 400XTi, it is worth weighing the Nextant XT and the Hawker 400XP, both able aircraft in the same bracket. Broadly the Nextant XT is the quicker of the two, while the Nextant 400XTi has the stronger short-field manners, so the right pick comes down to your exact route, party and budget, which our advisors are glad to lay out side by side.
In short, few aircraft do short-haul and regional charter as gracefully as the Nextant 400XTi, and where it is the right tool we place it on fully vetted, certified partners at a fixed all-in price, with an answer back inside 30 minutes.
Tell me your route, dates and party size and I will send a firm, all-in price on the Nextant 400XTi. No commitment, no obligation.