Its a safe bet that someone in every
industry and every profession operates business aircraft every day to go somewhere. To the
casual observer business aviation may look like extravagance, however, business aviation
and the use of business aircraft is not the indulgence of the wealthiest, or the toy of
the upper echelons of management. It is an asset and tool
to some of the most successful enterprises. Those who use business aviation exploit the
value of expanding their productivity and flexibility of the work day.
Lets examine some statistics from the Fortune 500, the giants of the business world.
History shows that for all the changes in the listing of the F500, one thing
remains constant. The ratio of those business that operate aircraft -vs-those that do not
is 2 to 1. And, of the 29 standard industrial classification in the F500, only one does
not operate an aircraft. These numbers by themselves are meaningless, however, the
performance of these companies is not. The operators of aircraft employ 86% of the
estimated 12.4 million employees in the F500. Sales are 26% higher, net income per
employee 102% higher, Assets 2.2 trillion vs 198 billion. Although you cannot fully
contribute these differences to business aviation, the correlation bears at least
consideration.
By far, the majority of business aircraft operators, like the majority of companies, are
not Fortune 500 companies at all, but are characterized as small to medium in size
organizations. These are the companies that recognize the importance and need of getting
the right people in front of the customer when it counts. A survey of 346 business
aircraft passengers (conducted by Louis Harris & Associates, Inc.), shows who
the aircraft were operate for:
As stated "someone in every industry and every
profession operates business aircraft", but you can group the majority of reasons for
using Business Aviation into Five groups.
- Management section
- Business Shuttle
- Customer Relations
- Emergency Service
- Marketing Blitzes
- Public Relations
Why use Business Aviation ??
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