"Dan Luke" wrote in message
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"C J Campbell" wrote:
I wonder if business travelers should bother with the airlines at all
anymore.

??

What's the alternative for most of them? High-power bigwigs who can
justify charter or private jet travel are a small fraction of business
travelers.

The vast majority of corporate level flying is now done by middle level
managers. Corporate aviation is very competitive with the airlines when you
consider the cost of transporting a workgroup to and from a distant airport,
getting them through security, arranging their schedule around that of the
airline, and possibly putting them up for a day or two instead of having
them return right away.

What if, for example, Microsoft wants to send a team from Redmond to Intel
in Hillsboro? They could drive, which takes about six hours each way. They
could take Horizon, showing up two hours early for the flight, etc., again
taking about six hours each way. Or they could charter a King Air and have
everybody down there in an hour and back that afternoon for less than the
cost of the air fare. Hmmm. What to do? What to do?