THE ADVANTAGES OF CHARTER, CORPORATE, AND PRIVATE AIR TRAVEL AND TRANSPORT
  (whether it is using the services of a company or person that offers this,
   or buying, leasing, or time share in an aircraft (as a company or
   individual))

 + Want or need to go directly to or depart from an airport not served by an
   airline.
 + Airport not served by an airline that is closer to destination.
 + Time will not allow for the additional transportation to a given area from
   a major airport or other airport served by the airline.
 + Able to depart from an airport not served by an airline that is closer to 
   home, office, etc.
 + No airline flight scheduled to meet needed time frame.
 + No hassle of the airlines.
 + No wait for a long period of time in a long line.
 + No long delays (if any).
 + Taylored to your schedule.
 + Usually no traffic jams because you can be picked up or dropped off at
   almost any airport, or if you are going to or from a major airport, the
   general aviation terminal or fixed base operator is usually located away
   from the main terminal.
 + No parking hassles as for the same reasons listed previously.
 + Personalized service.
 + Special medical equipment needed for a passenger or patient that an airline
   can not or will not accommodate for.
 + Able to bring your own food for the flight or order a meal from a catering 
   service & have it delivered.
 + No baggage claim waiting or hassles & much less of a chance of theft. Your
   baggage goes on & comes off the aircraft when you do & is never too far
   from you as it is taken to the lounge at the fixed base operator, general
   aviation terminal, taxi cab, rental car, your ride, your car, etc.
 + Do not have to deal with the crowds at the main terminal.
 + Flights do not get booked up.
 + If customs is needed, in many cases, arrangements can be made for a customs
   agent to meet you at general aviation terminal, fixed base operator, or at
   the aircraft.
 + If you are not sharing the flight with another party, it will wait if you
   are late (& may wait a while if you are sharing the flight with another
   party) or will go when you show if you are early.
 + No layovers unless you want one.
 + Privacy from strangers if it is family, colleagues, group, or club flight.
 + Very small chance of being seated next to an annoying passenger.
 + Much less of a chance of "air rage", whether it is committed by an other
   person or something that makes you that angry.
 + May be used as a way to get to or from a major airport for an airline
   flight if where you are or where you are going is quite a distance from the
   major airport & you do not want to deal with the traffic & parking hassles.
 + In almost all of the pressurized airliners, the air is recirculated & there
   is very little or no fresh air coming in. Most of the small or light &
   medium aircraft, that have pressurization, have a mostly fresh air system
   of pressurization. (Note : the airliners operated by charter, corporate, &
   private aviation operations still have the recirculating system.)
 + The service can be used for local or area scenic flights.
 + Transportation of goods or items an airline or airline carrier will not 
   carry & ground or boat transportation will take too long.
 + Transportation of special goods or items that can not be trusted to an
   airline or airline carrier.
 + Transportation of sensitive equipment that can not be trusted to an airline
   or airline carrier.
 + Immediate delivery of goods, on demand from the closest airport to the
   closest airport. With most "next day" or "overnight" services, the goods
   sit in a warehouse for a while, rather than being on the way. In many cases
   the packages or crates go to a distribution center that is hundreds of
   miles away from the orgin, destination, & direct route between the two ;
   this adds more hours to how long it takes to get to the destination. Plus
   there is the extra time it takes if a major airport is not the closest
   airport.
 
 Expensive ?  Not when the cost is divided among passengers (whether it is
 individuals or a company or organization paying the cost).

 
 See the Aircraft Charter &/or Aircraft Sales section in the telephone book
 yellow pages or use a search engine (or see http://www.guides.com/acg/idx_op.htm).

 Web pages with more reasons for traveling by air in this manner :
  http://www.flighttime.com/airCharter/why
  http://www.jetsales.com/benefits.html
  http://www.KMRAviation.com
  http://www.claylacy.com

 Also see articles from The Los Angeles Times, 16 May 1999 by Martha L.
 Willman : "Taking Wing" & "Corporate Jets Adding Mileage To Bottom Line".
  http://www.latimes.com

 & an article starting on page 128 of the Dec. 2000 issue of A.O.P.A.
 Magazine titled "On Private Wings" by Tom Haines.
  http://www.aopa.org
 (Accessing article online may only be possible by A.O.P.A. members ;
  magazine can be requested from A.O.P.A., is at certain libraries, or may be
  borrowed from a member.)