Originally Posted by
Bill Lumberg
Pax don't pay for ferry flights - right? If not, Netjets and others would pay the fuel bill for those flights. That's why it pays to have a big fleet that can cover most of the country to reduce ferry time.
They might not pay directly, but trust me, the bean counters at NetJets are figuring out exactly how much all of those ferry flights cost and also finding a way to pass the cost on to the customer through either increased flight hour fees, enrollment/ownership fees, or surcharges.
For instance, a surcharge for x dollars might be the additional fuel cost of the actual flight plus the average amount of ferry time based on annual consumption.