Book Business Class Flights - Air Taxis Take Flight

Or "air taxi" services, several companies are gearing up to provide inexpensive personal jet flights. Relief is in sight for harried travelers who hate the hassles of commercial airline flights.

No more crowds or long waits for scheduled flights at big airports. These 4 to 6-seater planes will take passengers straight to their destination, louis. Like Spirit of St, utilizing smaller airports. " is expected to revolutionize the aviation industry by making air charter affordable for the average business or leisure traveler, " or "mircrojets, the arrival of "very light jets.

" Lots and lots. . . "We will steal traffic from cars, burr predicted, aZ, experts and entrepreneurs in Scottsdale, a "first annual" conference of aviation leaders, speaking recently at Flight School 05. " according to the CEO, pogo's aim is to provide "cheap private-jet travel, headed by People Express founder Donald Burr. Plans to roll out service as early as next fall, pogo Jet, one company.

The expected reduction of red tape and fewer delays at small airports would significantly cut the amount of time wasted on a typical commercial airline trip. And fewer problems with security, parking right next to the airstrip, the advantages for the traveler are obvious: flexible "on demand" scheduling.

Reliable service, the success of the air taxi concept hinges on matching supply and demand in real time and providing inexpensive, president of Jetson Systems and another attendee of Flight School 05, according to Edward Iacobucci. Other start-up companies like Jetson Systems and Corporate Clipper plan to compete with Pogo Jet for the air taxi market.

It also means a substantially lower cost for the passenger over current "upscale" air charter or fractional jet ownership. This makes them ideal for short "commuter" hops. 000 pounds or less and have a flying distance of about 500 miles, these planes weigh 10. The debut of "very light jets" from manufacturers like Eclipse Aviation and Adam Aircraft is crucial for making this business model feasible.

" [and] will be significantly safer and easier to operate than those of today, and electronics systems to produce aircraft that cost less than a third of today's small jet aircraft, manufacturing, their company is "applying revolutionary propulsion, according to Eclipse.

Current regulations for commercial jets prohibit single-pilot operation. Which creates another regulatory hurdle to overcome, all "very light jets" are designed for a single pilot. Flight control and maintenance still need to be addressed before these new planes can take to the skies, several important issues including airport safety. The FAA is currently debating what sorts of regulations should apply to microjets. But is expected in the near future, certification is still pending for these aircraft.

" "People have demonstrated that they don't like to get screwed at the last minute, as Donald Burr put it, or. Companies like Eclipse and Pogo Jet are counting on customer dissatisfaction with the current state of commercial aviation. Proponents are still optimistic about an upcoming personal jet revolution, despite these obstacles.

" "History is littered with dead aircraft manufacturers, cEO of Eclipse pointed out, as Vern Raburn. Creating a market niche and actually making a profit will be quite a challenge for these new companies. Dependent on just that: customer satisfaction, in the end, whether the air taxi model succeeds is.