International corporate shuttle operations with DaimlerChrysler’s ACJ began in January 2000, and the company has flown over 1,100 transatlantic round trips to date – achieving excellent dispatch reliability.

Configured with 48 seats, the aircraft typically makes four to five roundtrips a week between DaimlerChrysler headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, and Auburn Hills, Michigan. It also flies regularly between Germany and Spain, and performs ad hoc charters for the DaimlerChrysler group and others.

On the days when the ACJ makes its roundtrip service between Europe and America, it is in the air about 17 hours out of 24. Overall average daily utilisation is around 10 hours a day, which is higher than the A320 airliner family fleet average of about 9 hours – highlighting DaimlerChrysler’s efficient use of the ACJ.