Top 10 reasons industry leaders depend on business...
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Top 10 reasons industry leaders depend on business aircraft
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10 EFFICIENCY
“With internet capability, our team can work, pull reports and stay in contact throughout the business day.”
— Bob Mills, owner of Bob Mills Furniture, a seven-store chain that stretches across Oklahoma and Texas
Internet access
9 CUSTOMER SERVICE
“Nine orthopedic physicians bring specialized care to the patients, rather than have the patients travel great distances to see their doctor.”
— Cody Diekroeger, chief pilot for Premier Bone and Joint Centers, a medical practice that serves much of Wyoming
8 AVAILABILITY
“With the remote locations of our facilities, the only way we can properly meet the needs of our business is with the use of a company aircraft.”
— John Murphy, president and CEO of Murphy Plywood, a wood products company
Source: NBAA
Business aviation serves 10 times the number of communities commercial
airlines do.
7 FLEXIBILITY
“Our aircraft are able to fly into more than 50 airports that airlines do not go into in our state.”
— Hugh Tuttle, chief pilot for the South Carolina Aeronautics Commission
6 PRODUCTIVITY
“My Bonanza is my pickup truck of the sky. I can do a lot of things without losing time to the highways.”
— Henrique Junqueira, managing director for Agroganadera Aguaray S.A., a large-scale farming and ranching company in Paraguay
Worktables Texting access Phone Internet access
5 PROFESSIONALISM
“On-site accessibility means knowing real-time ground situations, thereby allowing for correct decision-making, resulting in higher productivity and profitability.”
— Muhammad Afzal, CEO for Frontier Works Organization, Pakistan’s largest civil engineering firm
4 ADVANTAGE
“Sometimes in business negotiations it’s impressive to tell the person who is 500 miles away, ‘I’ll see you in a couple of hours.’ That speaks volumes about our commitment to getting a deal done.”
— Mike Craig, CFO at Eagle Distribution Company, an alcohol distributor in Knoxville and Lenoir City, Tennessee
3 INDEPENDENCE
“The airplane is at our disposal whenever we need it without having to call and ask anybody.”
—Max Nichols, CEO for Jomax Construction Co., Inc., a heavy construction firm
3% of all commercial airline flights are cancelled, and nearly 25% are delayed.
U.S. commercial airline flights
On-time flights
Delayed flights
Cancelled flights
25%
3%
72%
U.S. private aircraft flights
Standard dispatch rate
Delayed and/or cancelled flights
98%
2%
Source: NBAA: 2012 Business Aviation Fact Book
2 FREEDOM
“For anybody who values freedom and independence, there is absolutely nothing on this Earth like flying in a private airplane.”
—Richard Nernburg, president of A.R. Building Co., a property management company specializing in apartment communities
1 TIME
“It’s like turbocharging your time.”—James Timpson, CEO for Timpson’s, a family-owned company with more than 1,100
stores across the United Kingdom