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This post is the second in the series about good reasons to fly general aviation, be it very light, or business aircrafts. It is about quite an obvious topic, but general aviation is an exceptional time saver when going anywhere.

The number of regional and small airports, non being connected by any airline, is just huge. Some are really well equipped, with instrument approaches, VIP lounges, and so on, and other are modest, with visual approaches only, but they make flying there possible, even with light jets, or large turbprops.

To make a pleasant example, let’s talk about the french city of Deauville, on the English channel coast. This is where the american film festival is organised, and Deauville is also well know for horse races. If you want to get there using an airline service, the closest airport is probably Beauvais, or London… so you will have to organise a land transport by train or car, which will be quite long.

But there’s also an airport there, with a 2250 meter long runway, making operation possible with planes up to Boeing 737. So if you rent you own plane, probably smaller than a 737, you can fly there, without any ground transportation needed.

This is really a time saver, and this is why large and medium size companies use these services. Even if they dont all use luxury planes, they can have their top executive at the right place quickly. This also applies to private vacation. I recently took a friend to his holliday spot, which was a one hour flight with a single engine plane. The alternative for him was a six hours car ride !

So if you have pilots amongst your friends, think of it for your next trip. There will probably no warranties, but your could save some of your time as well…