Chad is the editor of AINalerts, AIN's daily business aviation newsletter, and is also the news editor at AIN Media Group.&nbsp;He has been writing about aviation, with an emphasis on business aviation, since 1994. Chad started his writing career at The Avion,&nbsp;the&nbsp;student newspaper at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, serving as editor-in-chief before graduating with a bachelor's in aeronautical science. After a stint as managing editor at Professional Pilot&nbsp;magazine, he joined&nbsp;AIN in late 1998. Chad holds a commercial pilot certificated with instrument and multi-engine ratings, and he also is a CFI/CFII. He lives and works from his home in Venice, Florida.

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Business aircraft sales, leasing, and charter management company Elit’Avia has inked a deal with Honda Aircraft to serve as the exclusive HondaJet sales representative in France and 16 Western and Central African countries, including Nigeria. Elit’Avia will thus sell the HondaJet Elite S—the <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2021-05-26/honda-aircraft-unveils-upgraded-hondajet-elite-s">latest version</a> of the Honda twinjet, unveiled in late May—in the region.

 


“We are pleased to be working with the Elit’Avia team,” said Honda Aircraft president and CEO Michimasa Fujino. “Representing France and several African nations, Elit’Avia completes our global reach. Elit’Avia’s excellent expertise in aircraft sales, charter, and management, as well as its operations in the European and African business aviation market, adds great value to our commitment to the business aviation market and customer support in the region.”

 


Michel Coulomb, CEO of Elit’Avia, said that with its 1,437-nm range, the Elite S is “perfect for travel throughout Europe and ideally suited to reach African destinations that are not typically well-served by commercial aviation carriers. As a light business aircraft, the HondaJet delivers many of the efficiency and comfort benefits of a much larger aircraft but at a far more attractive price point.”

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