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Still, out of the over 2,500 charter operators in the US, according to NBAA, and 7,311 active Part 135 aircraft (fixed wing and helicopters) that the Federal Aviation Administration classified in the air taxi segment, how many need to be online to fulfill the Needs of A Real-time charter Market?
Victor and Other Brokers Typically access to tout Between 5,000 and 10,000 Their Aircraft in marketing materials, But the Truth is many of Planes These are Seldom USED, and to enable an efficient, Real-time solution Will take aggregating a far smaller portion. According to statistics provided from Argus there were 1,233,819 Part 135 hours flown in 2014. The top 25 operators using 835 aircraft accounted for 353,828 of those hours, or 28.7 percent of the total. Making the math fuzzy, those hours include hours flown by owners of the planes. Nobody I spoke with could determine what percent of the hours are represented by owner activity. Where availability runs into a problem is during peak periods, peak times or bad weather where more of the fleet is needed. Alex Wilcox, the CEO of JetSuite says there are 35 high demand days but private jet travelers favor the 10 am to 2 pm period to fly, meaning only a daily basis, if you want to fly, it is easier to find availability early or late , again, assuming That you CAN Find Duty Pilots with time available. PrivateFly, A Technology led Private jet charter Broker, says ITS Generally USED App is for research and customers still want the personal touch of Talking to A human. Virtually everyone I spoke with questioned how up to date smaller operators keep information regarding availability of aircraft. Ganzarski drew the parallel to Kayak where you get a list of prices, but sometimes when you click on the rate and go through to the vendor site that rate is no longer available. Examples here would be finding a plane that fits the criteria of your flight, but it turns out the pilots do not have the necessary legal duty hours available to fly or it is sidelined for some minor maintenance, yet this was not updated in the operator's system. We see the human factor in commercial aviation marketing technology when somebody forgets a couple zeroes loading fares, and all of a sudden that $ 9,500 first class ticket to Hong Kong is selling for $ 95 until somebody catches it. The Coastal executives Say to create an Effective marketplace system will not need all the planes out there. They say most charter activity is north to south on the east and west coasts and transcontinental, so the key is to aggregate fleets which are positioned to serve this market, something they are trying to do under their platform. Ganzarski believes that through the efficiencies of the technology he is offering, operators will be able to serve the same demand with 50 percent of their current fleet. That would be meaningful as there would be less need to source planes from owners who are picky about approvals. He predicts operationally driven scheduling alliances where operators using his platform will be able to integrate requests and offer more cost efficient solutions to brokers and consumers. He likens it as the business aviation version of Star Alliance, SkyTeam or oneworld
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