Top 10 reasons industry leaders depend on business aircraft

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10 EFFICIENCY

“With internet capability, our team can work, pull reports and stay in contact throughout the business day.”

— Bob Mills, owner of Bob Mills Furniture, a seven-store chain that stretches across Oklahoma and Texas

Internet access

9 CUSTOMER SERVICE

“Nine orthopedic physicians bring specialized care to the patients, rather than have the patients travel great distances to see their doctor.”

— Cody Diekroeger, chief pilot for Premier Bone and Joint Centers, a medical practice that serves much of Wyoming

8 AVAILABILITY

“With the remote locations of our facilities, the only way we can properly meet the needs of our business is with the use of a company aircraft.”

— John Murphy, president and CEO of Murphy Plywood, a wood products company

Source: NBAA

Business aviation serves 10 times the number of communities commercial

airlines do.

7 FLEXIBILITY

“Our aircraft are able to fly into more than 50 airports that airlines do not go into in our state.”

— Hugh Tuttle, chief pilot for the South Carolina Aeronautics Commission

6 PRODUCTIVITY

“My Bonanza is my pickup truck of the sky. I can do a lot of things without losing time to the highways.”

— Henrique Junqueira, managing director for Agroganadera Aguaray S.A., a large-scale farming and ranching company in Paraguay

Worktables Texting access Phone Internet access

5 PROFESSIONALISM

“On-site accessibility means knowing real-time ground situations, thereby allowing for correct decision-making, resulting in higher productivity and profitability.”

— Muhammad Afzal, CEO for Frontier Works Organization, Pakistan’s largest civil engineering firm

4 ADVANTAGE

“Sometimes in business negotiations it’s impressive to tell the person who is 500 miles away, ‘I’ll see you in a couple of hours.’ That speaks volumes about our commitment to getting a deal done.”

— Mike Craig, CFO at Eagle Distribution Company, an alcohol distributor in Knoxville and Lenoir City, Tennessee

3 INDEPENDENCE

“The airplane is at our disposal whenever we need it without having to call and ask anybody.”

—Max Nichols, CEO for Jomax Construction Co., Inc., a heavy construction firm

3% of all commercial airline flights are cancelled, and nearly 25% are delayed.

U.S. commercial airline flights

On-time flights

Delayed flights

Cancelled flights

25%

3%

72%

U.S. private aircraft flights

Standard dispatch rate

Delayed and/or cancelled flights

98%

2%

Source: NBAA: 2012 Business Aviation Fact Book

2 FREEDOM

“For anybody who values freedom and independence, there is absolutely nothing on this Earth like flying in a private airplane.”

—Richard Nernburg, president of A.R. Building Co., a property management company specializing in apartment communities

1 TIME

“It’s like turbocharging your time.”—James Timpson, CEO for Timpson’s, a family-owned company with more than 1,100

stores across the United Kingdom