For businesses, international travel is a crucial aspect of growth. Business partners and executives will often be given to extended periods of time visiting partners and clients on other continents to grow business and ensure global presence.
The downside of such endeavors relates to productivity; increased travel means decreased available time for internal meetings or project development. But the existence of private air travel means this doesn’t necessarily need to be the case. Here is how private travel can trump commercial travel for productivity.
On-Board Connectivity
Firstly, air travel represents a significant amount of downtime to those embarking on a business trip. As far as commercial travel is concerned, there is no easy way to continue work even on an extended international flight; ‘please turn off your mobile device’ will be a familiar term to those who travel regularly, as many airlines to this day do not allow users to use electronic devices during flights. Those that do, though, often charge handsomely for access to in-flight wi-fi.
Private air travel removes the various barriers to in-flight productivity, enabling you and your traveling partners to work with ease. Devices can be used with impunity; wi-fi is often provided to make communicating and collaborating with your team vastly easier.
Less Time En-Route
Even with the provision of in-flight wi-fi, commercial flights continue to fall flat in terms of allowing productive working in travelers. This is because commercial flights overall can be something of a time-sink. TSA pre-flight security checks, coupled with check-in itself and any border checks, can add up to a large amount of time spent in limbo, before and after travel. Private jets do not require travelers to undergo the same checks, vastly reducing the amount of downtime spent at the airport.
Private jet prices are justified yet further by the simple fact that private planes are faster than commercial planes. This means that not only is the onboarding process swifter, but the length of journey time itself is lessened by faster air speed. For the business traveler, this means less time spent traveling, and more time spent in productive working environments both before and after.
Comfort, Privacy & Safety
When it comes to the flight itself, though, the ability to work uninterrupted is something of a blessing – and one which private travel uniquely provides. Commercial flights, even with the provision of wi-fi, are not optimal working environments owing to the limited seat and table space available. The high concentration of people on the plan also makes it impossible to work in privacy – something which is an absolute necessity if working on confidential documents.
Private travel can provide you with the space you need to spread your workstation out and work more effectively, while also guaranteeing you the privacy with which to work on more sensitive aspects of your project. As such, the quality of work you produce is improved.
It goes without saying, that your safety on board is paramount, and the staff on board will ensure this stays the case throughout. After all, you want to arrive at your destination fit and healthy ready to carry on your business. In order to fulfil this promise, many private jet companies are often held in high regard because they offer top-quality maintenance in order to maintain their services. For instance, reputable companies always ensure the jets are using the highest quality fuel and oils to support the aircraft. Many chartered flights would use aeroshell 15w50 to reduce corrosion and rusting and improve the cleanliness of the engines. This will be one of the first steps they will take to ensure your safety.
