
SUPERYACHT #494 June 2003
Article selected from our quarterly magazine dedicated to the largest
and most luxurious boats with information, interviews, technical
articles, images and yachting news

Summary

Subscription

Yachting catalogue

Navigation tests

Used boats

Boatshow

Video Nautica

Article by Fabio Petrone
|
|

BOMBARDIER AEROSPACE Executive charter flights in Europe
They may be the lucky owners of dream boats but, at the same time,
they're also captains of industry: those top executives,
entrepreneurs, magnates, in other words that élite group of
business people whose operating requirements, even when it comes to
transport, lead to exclusive choices, mainly because these can be
highly personalized and tailored to their mobility requirements. For
them, the privilege of using charter services with "executive
flights", able to move them between airports is a real necessity which
not even the most modern communication systems can quell. For them,
Bombardier Aerospace has expanded the supply of European services with
the launch of Skyjet Europe, the first charter for "Occupied Hours"
business flights, on a world-wide level. This is an absolute novelty
for the sector, considering that, in contrast to other charter
services in Europe, the Bombardier Skyjet customers pay an hourly rate
only for actual flying hours, without added costs for the positioning
of the aircraft. This interesting offer will run alongside a
developed programme "Jet Membership of Flexjet Europe", again from
Bombardier Skyjet Europe, which has been created to guarantee
increased flexibility and maximum personalization for each single
flight. With this formula customers can book a "Business Jet" and
within 4pm of the day before departure they have a guaranteed choice
of aircraft, so they can select the one that is most suitable for
their travel requirements and the estimated budget. In addition,
again without any added cost or forfeit, at the time of booking
customers are no longer obliged to commit themselves to specific deals
such as "one way", "same day" or "buy the day", since also in this
case they only pay for the actual trip. A minimum of 25 flying hours
can be bought annually, and these can be used as desired for 500
different European destinations, using one of 50 Bombardier aeroplanes
which form part of the Bombardier Skyjet fleet, for 24 hours a day, 7
days a week. Thus, in contrast to other formulas which require at
least part ownership of the aircraft, customers only buy guaranteed
flying hours. In this way the costs connected to "Jet Membership"
will appear in the balance sheet as travel expenses rather than
capitalised costs.
Further information on these services are on Internet, at the
following addresses www.skyjeteurope.com, www.flexjeteurope.com or by
telephone to numbers +39 06 35072404 +39 329 6640030, Please ask for
Mr Giorgio Russo.
|