Business+Transportation+Logistics

=__**Business Transportation & Logistics**__ = =There are many forms of Logistics. As the world turns, logistics plays a major role in business transportation. I have real life experience in this area, flying business professionals to their destination. Business Aviation. The National Business Aircraft Association (NBAA) defines business aviation as falling into two categories: business aircraft use and corporate aircraft use. =
 * Corporate Aircraft Use - defined as "Any use of an aircraft by a corporation, a company, or another organization for the purpose of transporting its employees and/or property not for compensation or hire and employing professional pilots for the operation of their aircraft.
 * Business aircraft use. Any use of an aircraft not for compensation or hire by an individual for the purpose of transportation required by a business in which he or she is engaged (in other words, personally flown).
 * Over two-thirds of the Fortune 500 companies operate business aircraft, and virtually all of these aircraft are flown, primarily for business purposes, provide quick, safe, and reliable transportation whenever and wherever business needs require them.
 * Business aviation, one of the most important segments of general aviation is made up of companies and individuals who use aircraft as tools in the conduct of their business. From a logistical point-of-view, these companies have determined there are significant savings in time efficiency, convenience and service to remote areas by using business aviation compared to commercial aviation.

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When you’re a business professional and you have to be in several states the same day, you would use the expression time is money. There is no better way to organize this schedule with your own private aircraft and professional pilot at the yoke. This means of transportation is very convenient and could become costly. I personally make a living at flying a real estate developer in a cirrus sr22 around the country. I've been doing so for several years now and noticed that there is growing need for this reliable transportation. There are many reasons why a boss would hire a pilot to fly him/her to their destination. One great contributing factor would be the access to the remote community's. This individual would have access to fly into their destination as would an airline would fly into the major city, not the small towns that surround it. A private aircraft also offers direct flights from A to B.

Several key factors that make business transportation a key function of improved resources and logistics are as follows:

With Business aviation, you go directly to the plane
 * ==C onvenience ==
 * From Car to aircraft, car park and shuttle to airport is a thing of the past.
 * Ticketing, Not!
 * Luggage Turn-In - Direct, no additional baggage fees
 * Security Screening, no thanks!
 * With Commerical aviation, all passengers go through strict security screening procedures, needed to prevent another 9/11




 * Less Chance of a layover and aircraft change to final destination, with business aviation you have a more point-to-point direct service




 * ==Flexibility ==
 * Flight is built around your time schedule, not that way with commercial airlines
 * Last minute meeting change, no problems – flight schedule adjusted for you, not the airline needs
 * Sudden change in business need, say new location, no problems – flight can be changed to accommodate need. Commercial airlines – most charge $100 for any itinerary change, and no guarantee on change meeting your need


 * ==**Reliability **==
 * Business aircraft are engineered and built to the highest standards
 * The chances of being delayed at a terminal are minimal
 * With direct flight and only one flight, you do not have to rely on connecting aircraft and any issues they may have with flight delays for weather, maintenance, etc


 * ==Improved marketing efficiency==


 * One of the biggest contributing factors that a private plane provides is time saver. I put together an example of a trip to Key West departing from lake front airport. One evening I left my house and drove fifteen minutes to Lake front airport, located in New Orleans Louisiana. When I arrived, I took another twenty minutes to prefight the aircraft, get my passengers/luggage loaded, and fired up the engine. Shortly after, it was wheels up at a quarter past two pm, destination Key West. The trip was five hundred and fifty nautical miles on a heading of one two niner. The airplane cruised at a altitude of eleven thousand and a airspeed of one hundred ninety knots. The airplane touched down in the keys in a little less than three hours. The whole trip from my house to Key West was 3hours and 35 minute.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">The other way to arrive in Key West is to board a Delta flight departing New Orleans and flying into Miami airport (KMIA). When you arrive at the airport, the airline suggests you arrive at least one hour before departure so you can retrieve your ticket (boarding pass) and stand in the security line. Let’s not forget to park your car in long term parking. When you arrive in Mia an hour and a half later, you would swiftly depart the airplane and head to retrieve your luggage. The next mission on the checklist is to go get your rental car. The drive to Kew west is a hundred and sixty miles that is approximately 3 hours and eleven minutes. I’ve drove several times to the keys and the scenery is beautiful. **__The whole trip would take you eight hours compared to 3.5 hours, flying your plane. I love flying private!__**

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 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">In my experience, flying private is such a covenant luxury. This is one way of transportation that works on saving that valuable time during the work week. Business people in this country still believe in face to face meetings and a firm handshake. I'm the pilot that can make this happen safely.

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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">References:

Wensveen, John., (2007). <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Air Transportation, A Management Perspective, (6th ed.) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Retrieved from: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/global.av <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> WWW.dmoz.org/consulting