(Business aviation is) introducing a whole new range of products to draw people in at the bottom end of the market, who may eventually work their way up. |
Eclipse, a U.S. company, has come out with the (smaller) Eclipse 500. There are huge orders booked for these aircraft and they think they are going to be the next big thing. |
In terms of personal use, the Eclipse 500 is going to take off, people are dying to get their hands on them. |
Lufthansa was one of the first airlines to come up with the business shuttle idea, so they linked up with a company in Switzerland called Private Air -- they are proving a huge success. |
There is an issue here; operators argue that they can no longer get into the likes of Heathrow, London and other main hubs at peak times, |
They are calling for more relief airports, greater access to relief airports and good standards at relief airports. |
When Concorde went out of service the business aircraft operators and the airlines thought: we will find a market niche here and we are going to exploit it, |