Word: solons
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...clear security points. Even for overseas journeys, most customers are onboard within 15 minutes of their airport arrival. And if you wrap up your work early, or need to stay late, the airplane is ready when you are. "Reducing the hassle factor is a very important consideration," says Daniel Solon, an analyst at Avmark International, an aviation consultancy in London...
...Solon first noticed the trend toward private aviation in 1998, when congestion and delays at Europe's hub airports were angering "the passengers most important to [the commercial airlines'] revenues, first-class and full-fare economy flyers, the very people who are in a position to go elsewhere." Solon expects private charter services will continue to grab big chunks of the top-end commercial market, where margins are as comfortable as a first-class seat. Meanwhile, low-cost operators like easyJet and Ryanair will siphon off budget passengers. And that's a squeeze that could keep Europe's big airlines...