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To view this page ensure that Adobe Flash Player version 9.0.124 or greater is installed. A return to business fundamentals in a challenging economy means that enterprises have a respon-sibility to use every tool at their disposal. At the top of the mobility food chain is business aviation. Notwithstanding today’s economic picture, competitive conditions stress knowledge integration, customer relationships, organizational agility, information and speed. These favor mobility – of employees, customers, suppliers, and specialist teams – required to accelerate transaction value. SOME SOBERING FACTS ABOUT AIR TRAVEL Because businesses increasingly rely on intangible assets, and because the forces of complexity and transaction acceleration are real, the needs of the business traveler have changed dramatically. The business environment is not standing still. Commercial airlines can only do so much, and are challenged more than ever these days because their routes are not always optimized for business travelers. Here are today’s sobering facts: ..Business aviation serves ten times the number of communities served by the commercial airlines. ..A typical frequent business traveler flying from one of the 25 busiest U.S. airports can expect to lose one or more hours of productive work or personal time on the average trip. Airports and airline schedules are designed to route travelers in a way that minimizes airline costs and not in a way that optimizes traveler productivity.1 ..The need for air travel continues to grow, from 465 million annual domestic passengers in the U.S. in 1990 to 750 million in 2008. By 2021, according to the FAA, some 1 billion pas-sengers will fly in the U.S.2 Over 40 percent will be business travelers. ..More than 26 percent of all airline flights were delayed, diverted or cancelled in 2008, ac-cording to U.S. Department of Transportation statistics.3 ..Airline business class and walk-up fares have increased over the last 10 years, and are not being offset by a similar improvement in traveler productivity. 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(9) |
