Britten-Norman BN-2A Trislander

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1

I have always wondered how much you would have to charge on an average flight to break even on a Britten-Norman BN-2A Trislander

 if anyone knows/ operates them I would love to know

2

I did operate Britten-Norman BN-2A Trislanders for a while -- they serve as the perfect cheapest aircrafts to transfer (or abscond) money between your subsidiaries!  :blink:

3

I'm using it right now. In fact some of the flights can break even with the default price  :) e.g: UNG-POM, with a 2/10 cabin, but you need to make sure it is fully booked. All Britten-Normans run pretty the same

4

I would say that they are completely useless, all of them. I would instead use a Cessna 208, Pilatus PC-12 or simply the LET 410. I do not see any need for an aircraft smaller than the LET 410.

5

Actually some of my routes need BNs. LETs just way too large for some of my one bar airports  ;)

But if you need a BN Trislander, try to use LET instead. I will say LET is best, BN is next, then the Beach 1900

6

I´ve used some Trilanders and LETs years ago for scottish island hopping, but in those days, the LET have had 1 green bar (instead of two reds today). When i compare both planes, than the LET was more economically than the Trilander then. Never tried Pilatus and Cessna, they are too small / have to less seats.

But today, i´ve changed to the DHC-6. :D

This plane have 19 seats like the LET, but needs a shorter runway! So i can operate some more small island airports as befor with LET and Trilander.

DHC-6 : take-off 365-410 m, landing  320-425 m

Trilander: take-off 535-585 m, landing 435-935 m

LET410: take-off 565-655 m, landing 503-520 m

I´ve bought my DHC-6 to get in profit zone, but the theres only 100-300 AS$  per flight. You can make more profit with every LET. But on the other side, i / you could increase the ticketprices, because theres often no one other, who serve this small, tiny "one-green-bar" airports with very short runways (where no LET can operate)  ;)

7

I use the Britten Norman's regularly so I would charge around 18As in order to break even .

8

Which passenger would like to board them?

They are so awfully old and unpopular.

Why would you use an 2A instead an LET?

9

BN has fewer seats, so it's easy to fill in.

and it gives you BN-2B/T options, which might be useful in some cases