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To view this page ensure that Adobe Flash Player version 9.0.124 or greater is installed. 3 BusinessWeek magazine, March 2, 2009 4 BusinessWeek magazine, September 29, 2008 5 Fortune magazine, March 16, 2009 6 The CRO magazine, Corporate Responsbility Officers Association, January/February, 2009 CONCLUSION Today tens of thousands of companies fly millions of passengers annually aboard more than 26,000 U.S.-registered turbine-powered general aviation aircraft operated primarily for business purposes. Thousands of business aircraft flights occur on a typical day, a count which notably includes many flights to thousands of airports without scheduled commercial airline service. Companies “acquire lift” via traditional whole aircraft ownership, by employing management companies to help them operate whole aircraft or fractional-owned aircraft shares, or via charter or “jet cards.” Since the 1920s, when business aviation first began to emerge as a business tool, the hundreds of millions of flight hours flown using business aircraft indicate that business aviation has made and continues to make good business sense for the hundreds of thousands of managers, executives, directors and others who have authorized the practice. This report carries a powerful message to corporate boards, government policy makers and industry leaders: Business aviation is a tool that provides a unique competitive benefit to American companies, manifesting in higher shareholder and enterprise value. Further, in its unique role, business aviation is without substitute. Business aircraft can make a substantial difference in how a company performs its mission, in many cases making a direct contribution to the drivers of shareholder and enterprise value. Increased mobility is at the core of these gains – satisfying management’s need for greater organizational agility, knowledge integration and transaction speed. A key finding of our study is that a company’s culture often determines how ef-fectively it uses and benefits from business aircraft. We explain four cultural per-formance orientations below: 中国公务机网 www.gongwuji.com 公务机翻译 www.aviation.cn 本文链接地址：BUSINESS AVIATION – AN ENTERPRISE VALUE PERSPECTIVE 2003 – 2009(42) |
