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 Passengers:
Start by entering your Travel Request at Taxijet.com. Our software
will automatically list requests on our web site and email them to air
taxi and air charter operators servicing the requested, and nearby,
airports. Once they have received the Travel Request operators
have the option to submit a bid for service if they have an available
aircraft. The bids are forwarded to the Requester in two
formats:
The system was designed to enable very short notice flight arrangements. If you need an aircraft NOW this is the system you should use. We can also provide quick response for trips as far in advance as two to four weeks. Life is short. Time is money. Get to your meeting and be home in time to tuck the kids in bed.
Talk directly to the aircraft operator not to a broker.
Charter Companies:
Our automated system can bring your Travel Requests that match your operations. A filtering feature sends the request only to the operators who fly in the area of the request. This reduces the need for operators to manually sort through requests to find the ones that fit their operations. In less than a minute you can enter your pricing information to be presented Directly to the Requester in a standardized format.
Entering
your bid through our online system helps us make the connections
quickly and can speed your quote to the Requester instantly after you
enter the bid. The system automatically adds 5% to the
charter price (less taxes). This is the industry standard
discount that operators generally offer to brokers and other demand
aggregators such as Taxijet.com.
Owner Operators:
We aim to enable small partnership owner operators to function as autonomous, yet interdependent, air taxi services. As integral pieces of the entire network they are relieved of the need for traditional advertising by submitting their bids for service on taxijet.com. We connect travelers directly to the operators to speed the process, and maximize efficiency. The demand aggregation provided by our online system is designed to enable rapid communication between passengers in need of an aircraft and operators in need of a steady flow of passengers.
Finally the love of flying can be a competitive advantage
for pilots: 1)
Empty legs will be seen as fringe
benefits to be enjoyed. 2) Pilots will be able to take vacations in their own jet when
it is not scheduled for revenue flights. 3)
Flexibility of personal schedules can
be built into the flight schedule during its inception.
Airline pilots only gain personal schedule
consideration after years of seniority have elevated them to the top of
the pilot cadre. 4)
The joy of jet ownership will inspire
care and consideration for the equipment and business.
5) VLJ owner operator pilots will not need to spend hundreds of
thousands of dollars on a personal airplane. They
will already have one. 6)
Pilots will be their own managers. 7)
Small groups of owner operator pilots
will be responsible for their own training and customer service. 8)
Pilots will be able to choose the
other pilots with whom they fly. Long time
friends work together much better in a cockpit than new acquaintances. 9)
A pilot qualified under part 135 and
as a Mentor pilot will likely find gainful flying employment in almost
any location in the U.S as these are both jobs that will be in high
demand in the future. 10) Pilots will be able to live near their aircraft so they will not need to pay the additional expense of holding an apartment away from home. 11) Owner operator pilots will
be home more nights than airline pilots if they want to be. 12)
Those B-747's carry too much gas
anyway. 13)
Pilots will be able to dictate how
much or how little flying they wish to do. With
8 partners a pilot could average 200 days off per year or more and
still make a six figure income. 14)
No chance of furlough.
Operation viability will hinge on performance. 15)
The added revenue from aircraft
ownership could make first year income higher than that of an
airline pilot with many years of seniority. 16)
Pilots early to the game will get in
on the ground floor of the next generation of air travel and will be
rewarded with higher fares. They will also
be able to choose their home base before that market becomes saturated. 17)
Pilots, who are forced to retire from
the airlines at age 60, will love the idea of owning a portion of
a personal jet. The age 60 rule is a part 121 requirement so
you could still fly part 135 in your own jet.
18) Pilots over 60 years in age who are forced to retire from airline flying will be able to continue flying as a Mentor Pilot or, if you don't have the instructor background required you could fly as a second pilot to help keep owner pilots safe and allow them better insurance rates.
Cities with populations too small to support larger airline or full scale charter services will require an increasing presence of small aircraft operators to meet their travel needs. As the network of affordable on demand air taxi grows passengers will become more aware of this viable alternative to airline and ground based transportation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Air Charter Brokers:
Air charter brokers will benefit by using our state of the art automated passenger and freight coordination system to quickly find available aircraft to satisfy the requirements of their clients. We don't plan to provide the extra level of services that some high end customers desire so we plan to work with brokers to help them in their efforts. Using our service a broker will be able to query many operators about aircraft availability in the amount of time it would take to dial a phone. We will help you find those elusive empty legs and drastically reduce the cost to your clients.
Brokers can establish a "Requester" account to submit Travel Requests to participating operators. The operators will be able to send you a bid in the same manner that they will send bids to an individual.
Liability issues and recent FAA directives limit our ability to allow brokers to submit Bids or MT Legs using our system. If you represent a certificated aircraft operator and they are willing to list you as an "agent" of their company you will be able to use our system to submit bids. Call us for more information. Taxijet's proprietary software is designed to allow passengers and freight shippers to advertise their travel needs directly to aircraft operators but there will always be a need for brokers to help travelers understand and deal with the many complexities of air charter and air taxi. The process in use today is very confusing and requires a lot of monitoring to keep the aircraft utilization rates high. Most brokers use several different sources to find flights for their clients. Aircraft operators are equally busy finding passengers for their aircraft. At the center of this complex problem is that people are doing with great effort and expense what computers and automation can do quickly and easily. Our concept will make the air charter broker's job easier. Shippers: Making connections for cargo/freight is another valuable use of Taxijet.com. Our software can send requests for cargo aircraft as easily as passenger requests. Operators can send their bids directly to shippers in a minute or two. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |