Fuel burn is one of the main areas to look at when looking at an aircraft's operating costs. The Eclipse 550 is one of the lowest fuel burning jets available today. Eclipse 550 fuel burn ranges around 48 to 59 gallons per hour, depending on operating conditions. The Eclipse 550 jet is likely the most fuel efficient jet that is being manufactured now.

Other Costs for the Jet
When operating the jet, you will also need to look at the other operating costs / cost of ownership for the very light jet. You can read more about this here on the site. The other costs include: parking / hanger costs, maintenance costs, insurance costs, training costs and more.

To learn more about the very light jet visit the other pages on the site.

Above Eclipse 550 aircraft photo (actually an Eclipse 500 jet) by Robert Underwood on Flickr & Wikimedia Commons. Photo (only) released under a Creative Commons License.