Fraction Of The Cost: How Single-Engine Turboprops Are Taking Over Private Flying

A twin-engine business jet is what many picture when they imagine private flying, but single-engine turboprops have a well-deserved and growing reputation as an ideal means of independent ownership of a fast private plane. The cost advantage behind the reputation is real: a Daher TBM 960, Pilatus PC-12 NGX, or Piper M600 SLS burns far less fuel than the lightest light jet. Thus, an owner who flies short trips should pay a fraction of a jet's price for each hour.