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Here’s how flying private can boost your company’s profits

January 30, 2020January 30, 2020by Doug Gollan

Using private aviation for your business can help boost efficiency, employee retention, sales and profits

Many companies that could benefit from using private jets or even turboprops eschew private flying for a myriad of reasons, which are easy to understand.

However, those reasons could be costing you growth in sales and profits. You could also be losing key employees!

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First of all, there is a negative stereotype about private jet travel, mainly that it’s environmentally unfriendly.

The fact is that all aviation is only 2% of global emissions. Business aviation is just 2% of that 2% number.

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Not Fake News: The New York Times highlights the truth about private jets

July 17, 2019July 17, 2019by Doug Gollan

Many times mainstream media coverage of business aviation focuses on scoundrels and outlaws

Find a story about Jeffrey Epstein that doesn’t mention he has a private jet or flies by private jet and I will give you a buck. Earlier this year, The Washington Post profiled Elon Musk, tracking his private flights. In one example, it used the fact that his jet would drop him off at one airport and pick him up at another, closer to where he ended his day, as a sign of excess instead of efficiency.

From my perspective, very good journalists often use private jets as evidence that somehow supports unflattering and sometimes illegal behavior. In some cases private jets do, but not in a different way than others use their car to get from place to place.

For the most part, most reporting on private jets ignores the real reasons those that can afford them, use them.

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Flexjet’s Mike Silvestro on Uber, fractional ownership trends, safety, and growth opportunities

June 22, 2019June 22, 2019by Doug Gollan

Flexjet CEO Mike Silvestro covered a wide range of topics during an appearance on Fox Business Channel earlier this week

Speaking on Mornings with Maria earlier this week, Flexjet CEO Mike Silvestro covered a wide range of topics related to business aviation, including attempts to Uberize private jet travel, fractional ownership and leases, safety in the aftermath of Boeing MAX, market growth and potential.

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