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Private air travel: a tool for business or valid Executive Perk

In recent years, manufacturers of private planes been in news and are not presented in a good light. Perhaps there is a good reason: when you come asking for government money, issues that stand out as a luxury should be revised. Whatever you think of the individual companies involved, must have been an economic justification for the initial purchase of these devices. Are they really lack the tools of business aircraft? Can you really justify them? The answer is yes, but always qualified. Are they a good choice for a small company – it depends.

Since September 11, 2001, the experience of air travel increased a little unpleasant, it is evil. This horrible tragedy forced safety requirements for passengers expensive, less useful while increasing the annoyance factor and the time required for travel. Then, rising fuel costs the airlines have made a desperate attempt maintain profitability by reducing services and schedules, fairs increases, and the supplement for luggage.

When I got my pilot's license in 2002, I was planning on using small aircraft for personal travel. However, he quickly revealed incredible business tool of this type of travel can be. How can you ask? Simple, I have three clients in three different cities: Shreveport, Oklahoma City and Little Rock. I am located in the center of each in the northern suburb of Dallas. To drive to see each of them would take me about 14 hours 30 minutes for the round trip, not including meetings and meals – not to do in one day. Want business? Well, make the first meeting Oklahoma City, at 11:00, but will not come to Little Rock to 4:40 p.m., and after his arrival in Shreveport is 10:10 pm. You can not get a flight back to Dallas so late, but of course it does not matter because it is unlikely to get a meeting with a client, at 10:30 pm anyway! 4 With my seat Piper, I can not leave my house at 6:30, spend an hour with each of my three clients, and be home in time for dinner with my family at 6:00 pm. Tell a facilitator of business! Yes, one day is 12 hours, but no hotels, no security checks and not waiting for the luggage of the experience is much more constrained.

What is the cost? Everyone has seen the number of aircraft million dollars, but I managed to finish the journey by plane more than $ 55,000 – slightly more than a good SUV. If your company is ready to spend more trips like the one shown will become faster and on longer trips possible. Of course, the purchase price is only part of the equation – My plane has a fully loaded cost of $ 60 an hour working on the basis of 100 hours per year in total (the more you travel, the more the cost per hour). So the journey cost me $ 405, for example, if I planned days in advance or one month in advance. The same trip on the lines air with a 1-day notice after a copy rental $ 1,427 plus 3 cars and a hotel room.

Is this trip in the right direction for you? It is a question that only you can answer, but instead of rejecting the idea of the hand, the above scenario should make you really think about it. Large firms for business jets, because they are a valid tool in certain situations. There are tens of thousands of private planes piloted every day for business, perhaps your company would benefit from being there too

About the Author

Michael is the owner and principle consultant at Horizons Aloft, a consultancy that assists small and medium businesses to evaluate the value of integrating private aircraft into their operations and navigating all the requirements of flight training, purchasing and maintaining a business aircraft.

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