Business aviation
Business aviation (also: business travel aviation ) or business aviation ( aviation abbreviation: BIZAV) is civil, non-scheduled air traffic such as B. the company's own company traffic or the commercial operation of business aircraft for the purpose of transporting people and freight .
description
In contrast to scheduled air traffic , business air traffic asserts itself mainly through individual transport. It allows you to travel flexibly and quickly. This results in less downtime for travelers due to waiting times at airports .
In terms of aviation law , business aviation falls under general aviation , as it would be difficult to decide in individual cases whether the flight in question is business or of any other kind. In addition, there are partly different rules and regulations for company traffic and other commercial business aviation. These include different taxation of fuels, mandatory minimum runway lengths and minimum qualifications of the pilots.
In modern business aviation, the trend is increasing from individual charter flights or company-owned jets to cost-reducing options such as leasing and fractional ownership (partial ownership of an aircraft without assuming responsibility for flight operations).
Business jets can land at around 2000 airports in Europe - as they can mostly use shorter runways - while the scheduled airlines can only fly to around 200 destinations.
Well-known companies in Europe are z. B. PrivatAir and Jet Aviation (Charter), NetJets (Fractional Ownership), SFD - Stuttgarter Flugdienst and DC Aviation .
Economic
Business aviation is exposed to strong cyclical market fluctuations; the number of flights in summer is significantly higher than in winter. Not only large corporations use business jets, but also small and medium-sized companies. The three countries with the highest number of flights in business aviation are, in that order, Germany, Great Britain and France.
The most frequented airports
The following table shows the 20 most frequented airports in Europe for business aviation as of September 2013:
| space | Surname | Number of starts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Le Bourget | 17,347 |
| 2 | Geneva | 13,977 |
| 3 | Nice Cote d'Azur | 12,958 |
| 4th | London Luton | 9,720 |
| 5 | Moscow-Vnukovo | 9,496 |
| 6th | Zurich | 8,438 |
| 7th | Farnborough | 7,757 |
| 8th | Milan Linate | 7.216 |
| 9 | Vienna-Schwechat | 5,759 |
| 10 | Cannes-Mandelieu | 5,422 |
| 11 | Kiev Shulyany | 5,267 |
| 12 | Rome Ciampino | 5,066 |
| 13 | Munich | 4,850 |
| 14th | London Biggin Hill | 4,447 |
| 15th | Stuttgart | 4,066 |
| 16 | Salzburg | 3,917 |
| 17th | Madrid-Barajas | 3,845 |
| 18th | Berlin Schoenefeld | 3,802 |
| 19th | Prague | 3,766 |
| 20th | Ibiza | 3,680 |
Only charter and private flights were counted.
See also
- Air travel
- Charter air traffic
- Scheduled air traffic
- German Business Aviation Association
- General aviation
literature
- Reiner Luyken: "The flying living room" - The time of March 23, 2005
- Anne Seith: "Luxury in Heaven" - Spiegel Online from August 21, 2007
Individual evidence
- ↑ Arthur Löffler: The first attempt . In: FLIGHT REVIEW . No. 11, 2013, pp. 92-95.
- ↑ wingx Advance: Business Aviation Monitor , September 2013. Accessed October 31, 2013.