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Business aviation has its share of long-haul journeys, but only about 9% of business flights are over 2000km. Most business flights are shorter than scheduled flights, with nearly half under 500km: for business aviation the taxi is a better metaphor than the ocean liner.
The majority of business aviation does not fit the image of the inter-continental, jet-set traveller. There are certainly long- and medium-haul routes as the map in Figure 14 showed, but for the bulk of busi-ness aviation, the air taxi is a more accurate metaphor than the ocean liner. Only 30% of scheduled flights in Europe are under 500km (Figure 28), but for business aviation 47% are under 500km and the most common range is 300-400km (Figure 29).
This requirement for shorter distances is reflected in the large propor-tion of turboprop and piston aircraft in the business aviation fleet. However, as Figure 30 shows, even business jets fly shorter distances (average 602km in 2005) than scheduled traffic (average 673km), where scheduled traffic includes both jets and turboprops.
Some of the short distances are determined by the aircraft rather than the passenger. For example, depending on the load and the aircraft type, it might be necessary to stop off to re-fuel on a trip between Marrakech and London. Many of the stops shown at Shannon on Figure 14 will be re-fuelling stops too.
Just as business aviation links airports that scheduled aviation does not (section 9), it also serves distances over which scheduled traffic, with its fixed timetables and extended check-in times, can not practicably serve.
　
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