Air Taxi Industry

Looking more closely at the air taxi industry

Europe's industry is picking up speed, but how is the civil aircraft industry doing? Are there any links between economic expansion and new Air Taxi businesses that are driving consumer spending? In cooperation with WingX Advance we have created an Air Taxi industry survey. At the end of June 2017, the air taxi sector grew by around 6%.

Consequently, new air taxi aircraft will gain ground in the corporate aircraft segment and, above all, new customers. Find out about all the latest developments in our WingX Advance Richard Koe interviews. Here it provides information on the latest developments in the aerospace industry in Europe. Send us your feedback and suggestions via our online and offline community.

The FAA concludes its studies on the Air TAXI INDUSTRY

Almost a year later, the FAA has at last concluded its air taxi industry survey and is likely to publish the findings after it has passed the Ministry of Transport's definitive verification within the next few months.... Adopted in April 2000, Congress adopted extensive air travel law requiring the FAA to prepare a narrative on the extent and types of the on-demand industry, which included large and small fleets, flight times, capacity utilisation, security records by airplane model, revenue from sale and...

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To have a privately owned airplane is one of the most important advantages for the wealthy. While Donald Trump makes a lot out of his own 1757, Leonardo DiCaprio was deservedly criticized for asking humans to cut their CO2 footprint while flying everywhere in his own airplane. Up until recently, the concept of expanding the benefits of air transport to the general public was a false start.

For a long time it was too costly until the launch of smaller, light and fuel-efficient aircraft in recent years led to a flourishing air taxi business. It is now the case that, for certain journeys, groups of two to four people can take a privately owned air taxi at fares that are comparable to the overall costs of last-minute journeys.

However, such cases still require exemptions, partly because the current rules make sure that air traffic is limited to the well-off. Meanwhile, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has closed the small start-ups Flytenow and AirPooler so that individual flyers could announce their goals and provide free places to those who were willing to pay part of the airfare.

While it would be useful to give individuals the opportunity to divide the cost of small, personal aircraft, this kind of air journey would probably still not be available to the crowds, even if it were allow. There'?s only so many flyers who want to split. Unless we ever really want to open air transport to more travellers, both privately and semi-privately, we will almost certainly have to modify the way we certify our aircraft drivers.

In particular, policy makers should consider the creation of a new Air Taxi Specific Air Taxi Test Certification. Recent FAA regulations stipulate that any professional airline pilots providing regular flights must spend 1,500 flying time ( 250 New York-to-Los Angeles trips), undergo stringent health checks and study the practices of handling the biggest and most complex planes.

When operating regular flights, these aircraft must usually work for an airline that is itself faced with a variety of different regulations. Air taxi certification would allow seasoned persons with an instrumented personal flight licence (necessary for flights above the sky and in adverse conditions ) and additional security education to provide either on-demand or unscheduled business services on any aircraft for which they are otherwise licensed to operate.

Due to security considerations, these planes would also be subjected to the same exacting health requirements as planes and co-pilots working for airline companies. It would also be restricted to small, single-engine aeroplanes with a few passengers and could only operate as scheduled at non-primary aerodromes with little or no monetization.

Instead of operating the complex task of establishing and certification "airlines" for the employment of air taxi drivers on regular services, air taxi operators would act as sole proprietors of the aircraft they use. Given that every time a pilot takes off he would risk his own aircraft, his own shops and his own life, this would be a powerful system of regulative measures to ensure security.

Also, the certification class of an air taxi pilots merits serious attention.