Now, a good deal has just gotten better: Pilots can fly a DA40 XLS for the first year for little more than their monthly payments.
By buying a new DA40 XLS between June 1st and July 31st 2008, customers receive free maintenance, insurance, fuel and training for the first year of operation - a $13,250 value:
Free maintenance includes all scheduled maintenance, parts and labor, for one year or 250 hours, whichever comes first - a $2,750 value.
Free insurance is available up to $3,500 - which will cover most private, IFR pilots in a DA40 XLS.
Free fuel covers 100 hours of flying - at $5 per gallon and the DA40's low 10 gph fuel burn, or $5,000 of free fuel.
Free training is a $2,000 training credit, which customers can take at a Diamond Flight Center of their choice, and which can be used for transition training, or towards any rating, private or more advanced.
"We are very excited about this offer: it allows our customers to finance 90% of the full purchase price of the aircraft, and enables them to have very few out-of-pocket cost during their first year of ownership", explains Fred Ahles, President of Premier Aircraft Sales, the Diamond distributor in Florida. "The DA40 XLS has always been a very economical plane to operate - typically costing less than $1,000 per month - and with this special offer, there are few costs beyond the monthly payments for the entire first year of ownership."