Apr 28, 2006

Personal Flight...

Did you ever wish to have a flight for yourself, just to fly you from one place to another - Just like a flight ride for you and your family alone over Grand Canyon? Are you one of those persons who hate flying just because of all the hassles we have to undergo for flying in a plane - the early arrivals to the airport, the check in procedures, the long waiting security queues, the boarding procedure, the take off? Oh My God! Is there an escape route?

Yes! You are cleared to take off and be up in the air within 15 minutes of your arrival at the airport. DayJet & Linear Air are already into the market of VLJs - Very Light Jets and soon they'll be flying us in Air Taxis. A Taxi service to fly us between places around 1000 miles apart for a rate of $2/- per mile. Sweet! So, the vantage is people will like to fly and the flight time will be less by on an average of say may be like 60 minutes - 45 minutes before boarding and 15 minutes after landing.
Any cons?
May be the unavailability of restrooms in these jets!
May be more bankruptcy from Airlines and Jet Manufacturers!

Any Questions? A lot -
What about safety settings inside the flight?
How can the jet handle turbulances?
Will the price be comparable to that of a regular flight?
How will flights & passengers get security clearance?
Won't there be too much of Air Taxis rushing around in the skies?
Is the price going to be charged based on a passenger like a flight or like a taxi on distance based?

Like everyone, I'll wait to hear the answers for these. But, my gut feeling is, this market is going to succeed, only on word of mouth. Are there going to be enough jets to spread the word? I'm sure, there shouldn't be any problem for both DayJet & LinearAir to fly lots of Taxis - $1.5 Million Per Jet is not that much big of an investment! What say, ahnn?

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