Skytop Aviation of Malmo, Sweden, which currently operates a Super King Air, is planning to buy a jet at the beginning of 2000. Company spokesman Anders Mollerstrom told EBAN: "We are looking at Learjet 45s. It depends on some things being settled first but if they turn out okay, it will probably be a Lear 45. If not, we'll maybe buy a Falcon 100 or Citation V, something like that." Asked what is most attractive about the Learjet 45, Anders Mollerstrom highlighted, among other things, relatively low operating costs. He said: "It's a modern aeroplane, there is a nice interior in it, eight seats, and I think its perform-ance is pretty good as well. They [Bombardier] promise that their operating costs are very low on that aircraft and I believe they are because it's quite a new engineered aircraft.\r "It's an aeroplane from the 90s, designed from a clean sheet of paper. I think compared to a Falcon 100 and a Citation, the Learjet will have the best economics if you're flying quite a bit and I already fly the King Air 700 hours per year." With the possible introduction of a Lear 45, Skytop is confident that business will increase after the turn of the year. In addition to trips to England and France, the company expects to take clients to Spain, Portugal and maybe even Russia and other Eastern Europe destinations.\rMost recently, the company has registered a Beech 200. Mollerstrom said: "We've been using it for flying corporate passengers around Europe. I often fly to London Biggin Hill, to France - Cannes, Le Bourget, Nice - and I fly quite a lot within Sweden. The furthest we've been from Malmo is to Athens. That's a long flight, about 1250, and a little too far away. I've also flown nonstop to Lisbon." Regarding the capacity of the Beech 200, Mollerstrom said: "With two false seats in the back where you normally keep the luggage, there is room for nine passengers plus one on the toilet seat - if of course, somebody wants to sit there!" Regarding the current state of the Swedish business aviation scene, Mollerstrom told EBAN: "It's pretty good for the country right now. We started up in 1993 and that was a bad time as we were having an economic crisis here. People are flying by corporate travel more than ever. \rWhile 75 per cent of Skytop's trade comes from a business-oriented clientele, included among its clients is an unnamed IT company.