It’s always refreshing to find a company whose business jet is used by every member of the corporation, rather than being reserved for the ceo, and Luxembourg-based Husky Injection Molding Systems’ new Lear 45 is a real workhorse.

Husky builds injection moulding machines and its territory covers western Europe, eastern Europe, Russia, India, Africa and the Middle East.

Mark Tailleser of Husky told EBAN: “We used to have a Citation I which was only flying in Europe, or the occasional dab into Russia, but the trips were so long it wasn’t worth our while.

“The Lear 45 has enabled us to go and bring our service technicians and our sales people out into these territories.”

The Lear is brand new, reports Tailleser. The Citation was sold to a Canadian broker who used to manage the aeroplane for Husky and came over from Canada to start up the operation with the new Lear 45.

“The longer legs of the Lear have seen Husky exploring markets further afield, but eastern Europe and Russia used to be the order of the day, “and for that the Citation I was very good for us because of the shorter runway capability. We have lost a little bit of flexibility with the Lear. We try and go as close to the customer as we can,” he said.

“We have an eight plus one configuration, but rarely use that as it affects the range quite a lot, but it is very good when we have plastics shows to go to.

“We can easily fill up the aeroplane for a two-hour flight, that is when we use the aeroplane to its full capacity. As long as the flights are less than a couple of hours, it’s quite comfortable.

It’s easy to use the seats on the railing system, so we usually bring all the seats in the back completely together and it gives the four front seats a lot of legroom.

According to Tailleser, the interior of the aircraft is quite plush – “That’s one thing we really didn’t think about, we should have thought about it some more.

“We did a really nice interior, light leather colours, and because we fly everyday, they have become

worn already.

“We have another Lear 45 on order (for the Canadian branch of the company) and that is one recommendation I have made to the Canadians.

“I said if you are going to use it as much as we do, have something harder wearing. Although you

don’t want to go too dark, as it is a small cabin, you do need something tougher, that is going to fare better with heavy use.

“They do a shuttle between the main plants and I can see the same problem occurring.”

Husky maintains and pilots the aircraft with its own flight department, which covers operations both in Europe and North America.