Business On The Wing

NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM
Business On the Wing

Why do companies use corporate aircraft? The two most important benefits are time savings and flexibility. Using company aircraft, business travelers can fly directly to the airport closest to their destination and to several locations in a day, thus saving flight time and overall travel time. Time aloft is productive and private: passengers can work comfortably and hold meetings en route. Flight schedules are flexible and can be tailored to the traveler's needs. If a meeting is canceled or needs change, new flight plans can be prepared immediately, even in flight. Other benefits include reliability and safety of aircraft, market access, efficiency, security, and privacy. As a result, companies that use aircraft are more successful where it counts: their annual income or assets or sales.
	AIRPORTS The lower 48 states have about 3,500 public use airports. But commercial airlines fly to only about 440, and about three-fourths of all commercial flights are to 29 hub airports. Business aircraft can fly to the vast majority of U.S. airports. A direct, nonstop business flight typically avoids the congested airspace and airports used by commercial carriers, using instead reliever airports near cities and other smaller airports.

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BANYAN AIR SERVICE,
FORT LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, FLORIDA Aircraft ground service companies provide customer and aircraft services at general aviation and commercial airports. Depending on the location or size of the airport, these services may include 24-hour service, pilot and passenger lounges, on-site rental cars, conference rooms, and more, plus fuel and maintenance services.

Van Nuys Airport in suburban Los Angeles is the world's busiest general aviation airport and one of the busiest airports in the United States, with over 500,000 aircraft operations (takeoffs and landings) per year.

Courtesy of Banyan Air Service

Updated: 06/16/98
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