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"Scott Jensen" wrote:

There is usually a point where it is cheaper to do it yourself than have
someone else do it for you. What I'm wondering is what would that point be
when it comes to trans-world air travel. When does buying your own jet and
employing your own pilots make economic sense than using an airline? Or
will the airlines always be cheaper?

More specifically, let's say you have a number of employees in Fiji. Each
gets four round-trip flights to anywhere in the world each year as part of
their benefit package. Most will want to use at least one of those for the
Christmas season to spend the holidays with family. There would also be an
expected heavier usage of their flight options during the summer. The
question I have is: How many employees would one need to have where buying a
private jet and employing pilots would make economic sense? Would there
also be a span between these two options where chartering a private jet
would make economic sense?

Scott Jensen

It is difficult to beat the airlines on price alone, especially for
travel to well served locations that can be booked in advance.

Hey, they are employees, they can ride in coach.

Now, if you are routinely flying people between locations that are not
well-served by the regular airlines and you do a lot of last minute
travel and you have the right number of people who get first class or
better tickets because they are important enough to get it whenever they
want, then you might make an argument based on cost.

If you want to know what it costs, just hit any of the on-demand jet
travel websites on the net and get a quote for a charter.


Fiji huh?