| FLEXJET Fractional Jet News Briefs (Courtesy of NetJets, "The Buyer's Guide to Fractional Aircraft Ownership") |
More and more companies and individuals are realizing the efficiency and productivity benefits of private jet aviation. They are gaining time, controlling their own schedules, exploiting more opportunities, traveling safely and securely, and achieving crucial face-to-face interaction with customers and prospects whether nationally or internationally, or both. They are enjoying a better balance between their business and personal commitments.
Private jets have access to more than 5,000 airports in the U.S. and Europe alone. Therefore, when flying for business or pleasure, private aviation users have the additional advantage of avoiding congested airline hubs by flying into smaller "reliever" or "general aviation" airports most often located closer to their final destinations.
In short, they are opting for the comfort, service, and privacy provided by customer-oriented aviation companies while avoiding the hassles and inconvenience of commercial travel. Most of all, they are saving their most precious commodity – time.
Time, balance, and communications
Surveys conducted by the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) reveal that the desire to save time, make their people more productive, and "run their business properly" are the primary reasons most businesses invest in private aviation.
Studies that track time usage by passengers traveling on private jet aircraft reveal dramatic time savings. When compared with the time that would be required to travel the same routes and accomplish the same objectives using commercial airline, many business aircraft passengers "gain" as much as one month each year.
Individuals who use private business aviation realize measurable competitive business advantages. They are successful at compressing trips that took three to four days flying commercially into one day of productive private flying. In addition, individuals and companies overwhelmingly comment on the productivity gained because they can work en route.
Private business aviation makes it easier to realize the benefits of face-to-face interaction – whether it’s a meeting with a customer or an on-site assessment of an opportunity or problem. Since private flyers are in control of their schedule, it also makes it possible to attend a hastily scheduled meeting or to send a team to support a customer in an emergency. The individual or business requirement determines the aircraft’s schedule instead of having the commercial airlines dictate your schedule.
Moreover, as the demands of professional life increase, private aviation users can create a better balance between business and personal commitments, thereby reducing the need to make difficult personal choices. With a private jet, an individual can easily conduct business in two, there, even four different cities in one day and still be home in time to have dinner with a loved one or attend a child’s recital, ball game, or birthday.
Finally, travel aboard private business aircraft eliminates eavesdropping, reduces travel visibility, protects passenger’s privacy, and safeguards sensitive information.