Slovenia's Janez let doo, which is developing a low-cost Eastern Europe air taxi service, is looking for another aircraft with similar capabilities to the Cessna C340.

The company's Matej Cerar says: "In the last year we have acquired a C340, and we also manage a variety of light aircraft."

Cerar says that Janez gives priority to acquiring aircraft with high safety ratios, low operating costs, flying capability in bad weather, cabin comfort and relative ease for compliance with regulations.

"Due to the specific nature of the work we do, which revolves mostly around single pilot operations, we train and recruit pilots through our flight training organisation. We fly around 1,500 flight hours a year and we hope to increase air taxi operations to 500 hours per aircraft per year for the C340 in particular." He adds: "The mix of our fleet is 30 per cent new and 70 per cent pre-owned which has served us in good stead since launch.

"In 1997 we started with a corporate flight department that was launched as an independent company in 2005. The company's income has increased by 20 per cent each year. We now want to develop a truly low cost air taxi service that will attract increasing numbers of people through building a reputation for safe and convenient travel."

Development of the Cessna 340 began in 1969. It had a pressurised fuselage which, at release, made it the only pressurised six-seat twin from a major manufacturer apart from the Beechcraft Duke.