- Title: 341 Austria Private jets business
- Date: 10th June 2020
- Description:Small private jet companies in Austria are better off than commercial airlines Large airline companies are hit hard by COVID-19. Most of their planes are grounded, many jobs could get lost, and many countries support the airline industry with loans and guarantees. The situation differs for small private jets, they still do good business and expect an increase in the next months. Pilots and private jets are mostly booked by business clients. They like the flexibility and the speed of small jets and see this service as a competitive advantage. The small jets start and land at the general aviation center next to the Vienna airport, and the rescue package and solution for the Austrian airline supports also the small jets, as large international companies need good infrastructure. To go by a small plane to a holiday resort would be quite an expensive trip, it is around 20.000 Euros to fly from Austria to Spain or Greece for 8 persons. The company Avcon Jet is the largest private jet provider in Austria with 100 business jets. Their customers are mostly business managers and owners. Shotlist - VS Small jets - MS CEO of business jets entering a plane - SOUNDBITE (GERMAN) Alexander Vagacs, CEO Avcon Jet: " CEO there will be an increase, it is not a high-end customer who books that much. It is the business managers and owners who book. For them the efficiency, flexibility, and speed are important, and this gives them a competitive advantage to run their business to get orders and to expand. These advantages are given by the business jets." - VS Drinks serve, inside the private jet - SOUNDBITE (GERMAN) Alexander Vagacs, CEO Avcon Jet: " International companies set up their companies next to network airports as they need connectivity to the international environment. And this also helps us, as we bring the top managers and board members to the locations where large airplanes do not fly to." - C/U Airport board with only a few departures - VS Small private jets - VS Pilot entering jet - VS Pilot entering cockpit - SOUNDBITE (GERMAN) Franz Josef Famler, Pilot Avcon Jet pilot: " we are closer to the customer, we are no means of mass transportation, as we offer a tailor-made service for special customers." - MS Pilot walking around the private jet - SOUNDBITE (GERMAN) Franz Josef Famler, Pilot Avcon Jet: " We expand even in the crisis, which does not affect as that hard, and we even hire pilots."
- Collection: ORF
- Genre:News
- Producer:ORF
- Transmission Date:10/06/2020
- Decade: 2020s