What type of person or company will use the new very light jets as “air taxi’s” instead of using the airline
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With the new very light jets that are comming out do you believe people will switch from using airlines or driving long distances. What type of person or company do you feel will make this switch. Do you feel an “air taxi” system that books these planes on a per seat on demand basis instead of the current whole plane charter system will be created. How much would you pay to avoid the hassles of the current air travel system. I am doing market research on the subject and value your input.
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With the new very light jets that are comming out do you believe people will switch from using airlines or driving long distances. What type of person or company do you feel will make this switch. Do you feel an “air taxi” system that books these planes on a per seat on demand basis instead of the current whole plane charter system will be created. How much would you pay to avoid the hassles of the current air travel system. I am doing market research on the subject and value your input.
TrueAirCharter.com
Tags: Driving Distances, Hassles, Plane Charter
March 28th, 2008 at 4:06 am
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VLJ’s or very light jets will likely be used for private carraige or non scheduled on demand commercial operations. The most likely user of these types of aircraft will be private buisnesses. Full, midsize, and even small buisness jets are incredibly expensive and are therefore often unavailable for purchase by smaller buisnesses with travel needs. However VLJ’s will be significantly lower in price. Mind you that seating in the aircraft is very limited often to 4 passengers and the range may not be as far. However it is a good alternative for buisness travel rather than using airlines or buying a time share in a very expensive large buisness jet. New Air Taxi services may also come up to use VLJ’s and offer on demand service to smaller more local airports.
Primarily the benefit is in getting individuals much closer to there destination by using very small airports with short runways. For example needing to get to Battle Creek, Michigan instead of flying to Detroit metro airport and driving 2 hours just fly into Battle Creek airport.
In all this will be primarily buisness driven more than personal pleasure trips.
March 30th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
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Mainly businesses that cannot afford a larger jet and wealthy individuals that want to fly a jet without the large training requirements will want VLJs. However in reality there are several problems.
First there will be the increase in movements. Several small planes will now be making flights instead of a few larger ones. This will result in more airspace congestion and higher landing fees.
Second will be the high experience standards that will be required by the manufacturer and the insurance companies. A lottery winner who wants to fly around in his own private jet is going to be in for a surprise when he finds out the requirements to fly a VLJ single pilot. For companies operating a VLJ for profit, it might be cheaper to operate with two pilots than pay the extra insurance costs, but it reduces the already small payload.
As for booking on a per seat basis, the air taxi company would have to charge a princely sum if only one person was going (basically the same as chartering the whole plane) otherwise they wouldn’t make money.
March 31st, 2008 at 10:14 pm
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Doubt very seriously we will see very much if any use of VLJ’s in part 135 operations. Part 91 ops will probably be their home. Or possibly lease or lease option arrangements.