To view this page ensure that Adobe Flash Player version 9.0.124 or greater is installed. – and the recipe is for continuing growth. There are however inhibitors to growth. In particular for business avi-ation: lack of airfield infrastructure is a challenge; and regulation in Europe is different from the US, for example there is a requirement for two pilots on commercial services. In general, as with other air traffic segments, there are questions about the prospect of increasing envi-ronmental regulation and on the future oil price, but if anything busi-ness aviation seems likely to be less sensitive to these than the lower-cost end of air travel. 2 The ESRA (2002) consists of the airspace of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, FYROM, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal (including Azores), Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain (including Canary Islands), Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.
Figure 4. Since 2001, the number of business flights has been growing faster than average, with jets leading the way.
The first deliveries of very light jets are due in 2006. It is clear that their low price and operating costs open up new possibilities, but the size of this new market under European conditions remains an open question. 中国公务机网 www.gongwuji.com 公务机翻译 www.aviation.cn 本文链接地址:Getting to the Point Business Aviation in Europe(11) |