Article 15
Dr. House slayer
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I wouldn't even go as far to say he received it at a discount.
A Citation Excel costs about $2,000 per flight hour to operate, taking into account expenses for fuel, its crew, maintenance and other costs, according to industry experts.
Over the seven-month period, the King Aviation jet took more than 100 flights to places on days when campaign rallies, fund-raisers or presidential debates involving Mr. McCain occurred in or near those locations, that analysis found.
That comes from the article...and so does this...
Mr. McCain’s campaign paid a total of $241,149 for the use of that plane from last August through February, records show.
Do some math, seems as though they were paying the fair rate for the corporate jet.
You left this out ...
For the same plane, a commercial charter company would charge about $3,000 per flight hour with a two-hour daily minimum.
Thanks to hubby he was saving $1,000 an hour ...
And he could take a short 1 hour hop without having to pay the $6,000 daily minimum ...