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Thousands of tiny passenger jets will soon begin flying, the Federal Aviation Administration said on Tuesday, which will open up travel opportunities at small airports. Nan Shellabarger, director of the Office of Aviation Policy and Plans at the F.A.A., told several hundred aviation executives that were on the cusp of a new business model. The Federal Aviation Administration said on Tuesday said that thousands of tiny passenger jets will soon begin flying which will open up travel opportunities at small airports, and perhaps eventually gum up the air traffic control system. In its annual forecast, the F.A.A. projected sharply higher levels of flights because of a new class of small planes, called very light jets, or microjets, with only 6 to 8 seats. The F.A.A. expects about 100 or so of the jets to begin flying this year.