Travel$ense User's Guide (PDF, 139 MB) - NBAA

148TRAVEL$ENSEthis savings was calculated by the method described earlier. This benefitamounted to over $1,500,000 per year for a fleet of 10 executive aircraft.The amount of time saved by business aircraft travelers because of improvedreliability and flexibility will vary, of course, according to the company’soperational pattern.REDUCTION IN OVERNIGHT STAYSThe following observations can be made regarding overnight stays made duringbusiness trips.• An interruption in business operations and disturbance of personal affairscaused by an overnight stay away from home is more disruptive than thesimple increase in travel time might indicate.• The lack of an evening flight at the appropriate time can result in the lossof a large part of the prior or following day in travel time, and thereduction in operating efficiency of the traveler for the balance of that day.The use of business aircraft avoids another hazard familiar to all frequent usersof scheduled airline services – the missed connection or flight canceled too lateto obtain alternate routing, followed by an unexpected overnight stay, often in alocation that is of no immediate use to the traveler, except to make telephonecalls and get some rest.Although airline statistics would suggest this is a low-risk hazard, the heavyconcentration of flight connections in hub operations now used by most U.S.airlines has increased the probability that late day and evening trips requiringconnections can be interrupted by severe weather or equipment problems. Theimpact of this overnight stay on the traveler and his organization is likely to bemore disruptive than an unwanted but scheduled overnight stop.TRANSPORTATION OF MAIL AND CARGOMost business aircraft operators use aircraft types that are capable of carryingmoderate amounts of mail or cargo on the majority of their trips. Where acompany’s business travel pattern includes frequent or regular flights betweenits own facilities (or perhaps to a major customer or supplier), the use of theseflights to carry priority mail or packages can produce financial benefits. Bypublicizing the availability of this service and announcing procedures for its use,companies can enjoy mail and cargo service between plants and avoid the costof alternative means of express delivery.Although benefits will represent a small percentage of the total value ofbusiness aircraft, and may be looked upon as a bonus at very little incrementalcost, the savings that can be realized if exploited fully can be important to acost-conscious business enterprise.Copyright © 1999, National Business Aviation Association, Inc.