ADVANTAGES:
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Schedule: You are not tied to a rigid airline schedule, you set the time of departure and/or arrival within reason (rarely but sometimes dictated by local airport curfews, crew rest etc.)
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Flexibility: You can be late or early as your own schedule is fluid. Also the possibility of changing destinations last minute, or even inflight exists.
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Privacy: You dictate who is onboard.
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Work efficiency: Quiet, uninterrupted time onboard on the ground and inflight.
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Multiple point to point operation: Fly to numerous destinations in one day.
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Time savings: Arrive 15 minutes before “wheels up” time can be the norm. Plus no invasive security checks (keep your shoes, belt, and dignity intact)
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Choice of airports: Open up a huge amount of smaller airports for use, some much closer to actual destination.
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Safety and piece of mind: Know who your pilots are, how well trained they are. Know who is onboard, and know who maintains the aircraft.
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Comfort: Some aircraft are equipped with a bed with mattress type comfort, and fully reclining seats. This equates to efficient rest, and arriving as refreshed as possible for work or leisure. Productivity is increased dramatically compared to arriving fatigued from the rigours of airline flying.
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Choice of catering and entertainment: Dictate food/beverages and movies onboard.
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Cabin experience: Business caraft tend to have large windows for natural light, and pleasant environment. Possibility to customize cabin to your preferences, with social and work aspects, such as printer, fax, and satellite internet connectivity.
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Aircraft performance: Jets and turboprops can utilize short runways due to excellent power to weight ratio, and some can climb immediately to 41,000 ft even at maximum weight, and when lighter to a maximum altitude of 51,000ft. This is roughly 10,000ft higher than all airliners, and hence overall less turbulent due to ability to fly above certain weather systems.
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Cabin altitude: Despite the higher altitudes aforementioned, the CABIN pressurization altitude is LOWER than all airliners due to smaller cabin and higher design. This directly affects fatigue and passenger well being, especially on longer flights.
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Technology: At the higher end, cockpit avionics i.e instrumentation and displays available to the pilots are far superior than any current airliner displays. They include synthetic vision which depicts 3D terrain, and runway pictures onto normal displays and infra red heat camera that literally sees through clouds. This translates into safer flights where pilot’s situational awareness is greatly enhanced.
Why fly private?