Why
do employees travel via business aircraft?
To succeed in business.
Why
not just fly the airlines?
The airlines often are the appropriate way to go. However, depending
on a specific trip's itinerary and the value placed on passenger
time and productivity, travel by business aircraft often is the
least expensive way to go when all costs and benefits are considered.
These employee travel judgments, typically made on a trip-by-trip
basis, are subject to the same cost/benefit considerations and analysis
applicable to any business decision. There also are some important
trips that are just too difficult and time consuming to make on
the airlines, making the trip untenable and subsequently untaken
unless a more effective form of transportation, such as business
aircraft, allows the opportunity to be realized.
Do
business aircraft compete directly with the airlines?
No. Both the airlines and business aircraft are safe and efficient
forms of transportation, but the selection of a particular travel
mode depends upon destination and other business considerations.
Operators of business aircraft traditionally have been heavy users
of the airlines, with ticket purchases exceeding $11 billion annually.
Why
are business aircraft sometimes a better alternative?
- Save
employee time.
- Maximize
personal safety and peace of mind.
- Increase
productivity enroute.
- Minimize
non-business hours away from home.
- Ensure
industrial security.
- Exercise
management control over efficient, reliable scheduling.
- Project
a positive corporate image.
- Attract
and retaining key people (customers included).
- Reduce
post-trip fatigue and increase post-trip productivity.
