Flight Options (Australia) (Sunshine Coast) has retired the only Citation Bravo it had operated since 2021, ch-aviation research reveals.
The 24.4-year-old aircraft, now registered in the United States as N843ML (msn 550-0953), is configured for up to eight passengers. Previously operated by Flight Options as VH-CCJ, it ferried from Sunshine Coast, where it was based, to Charleston International between May 31 and June 4, with stops at Mount Isa, Darwin, Surabaya, Banda Aceh, Bengaluru International, Muscat, Riyadh, Cairo International, Malta International, Cardiff, Reykjavik Keflavik, Kangerlussuaq, and Bangor International. Yet to operate as N843ML, it is not currently listed as a Part 135-certified aircraft.
Following this phase out, Flight Options' fleet continues to include two other Citation-series aircraft, namely a Citation II and a Citation X, alongside a Learjet 45(XR), which was added in April, a Falcon 2000(LX), and a Phenom 300E, having retired a Phenom 300 in May which joined another unit of the type in the fleet of Navair (Sydney Bankstown). According to Flight Options' website, only the Citation X and the Phenom 300E are available for charter.
