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...A critical part of the travel budget is transportation and this often includes airfare. The frugal traveler does more than keep an eye out on the internet for discounted flights. He or she looks for more creative ways to stretch the travel dollars.

Using Free Stop Overs

When the hubby and I traveled to australia the first time, we flew Air New Zealand. Why? Because the airline offered a free stop over in their hub in New Zealand. We had never seen the country and were planning to tour it anyway. This way, we didnt have to pay for airfare to and from.

The second time, we traveled to australia, we flew Air Tahiti Nui. This airline offered, you guessed it, a free stop over in Tahiti on the way to or back. Another place we always wanted to visit.

Hidden Cities

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Air Charter Planning

...aft options and alternate airports. Security is not an issue because air charter planners have direct control of your passenger list. The convenience of having a charter service do the planning saves you time. Planners have access to hundreds of aircraft large and small and can accommodate from 1 to thousands of passengers. Finally, planners have access to hundreds of airports as well, so rather than constantly flying into the busiest cities, you can...more

Business Class travel and Business Aviation

...ntenance and fuel; most companies will hire rather than purchase. This fact has stimulated the creation of new types of airlines offering a cross between air taxis and regular airline services. These include London Executive Aviation, Blink and Jet Bird all operating the new VLJ. This development within the airline industry is akin to the entry and provision of low cost air travel by airlines such as Easyjet and Ryanair in earlier times.

The attention to business travel is also attracting serious consideration by the major air carriers. As evidence for this is the new approach by British Airways. The airline is purchasing the Airbus A318, for a business class only, direct link between London City Airport and New York, commencing in 200...more

Very Light Jets! The Emerging Air Transport Technology

...Some of the brightest entrepreneurial minds on the planet have converged to bring us a new way to get there.

These guys promise exciting new options on the terminal horizon of our future commercial air travel vacations and business trips! The hub-and-spoke system of air travel has become outdated. Flying through Atlanta to get to anywhere on the planet is routine.

National Business Aircraft Association (NBAA) Fact Book 2004 reports that 30 out of the 550 commercial airports in the U.S. account for 70% of all of our air travel. Our skies are crowded around many major airports and the air traffic control system is rapidly approaching capacity. NBAA also reports that there are 5300 available satellite airports in the U.S. Many of these underused airports could be used by small jets to relieve this situation. "Very Light Jet" air transport technology is on track to make this a reality.

Very Light Jets are identified by other names including VLJs, Microjets, and Personal Jets. Their manufacturers are scheduled to begin deliveries worldw...more