Corporate Aviation Proposal Instructions
Prepare a 5-page report designed for a company executive, proposing a corporate flight department for the company. The proposal should be professional and can include graphics and diagrams. Four references, including the textbook, are required and must be formatted in current APA format. A reference page and title page, properly cited in current APA format, must also be included.
The company is a large engineering firm based in Lynchburg. The firm employs 300 workers, including sales and engineering staff. The sales staff averages thirty 2–3-day trips a year, with 3–5 employees on each trip. Most of the sales trips are within a 400-mile radius of Lynchburg.
The engineering staff is involved in site inspection and pop-up troubleshooting trips. The engineer trips range from a day to 3 weeks, within the same 400 mile radius. Usually 2 engineers go on these trips about 10 times a year. The company is currently spending $180,000 a year on travel expenses.
The report should include a description and justification for the following areas:
· Why would the company benefit from corporate aviation?
· Analyze current travel needs
· Anticipate future travel needs
· Offer a solution for the company
· Aircraft
· Characteristics that make that aircraft an ideal choice
· Acquisition cost of aircraft
· Operating costs of the aircraft
· Flight department operations
· How would operations be set up?
· How to handle maintenance?
· Contingency plans
Be sure to not only answer each point, but also offer a justification for each point.
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Submit this assignment by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of Module/Week 7.
Corporate Aviation Proposal Outline Example
I. INTRODUCTION
II. TRAVEL NEED ANALYSIS
a. Historic Travel History
b. Future Travel Expectations
i. (Industry website or news article on business aviation growth)(NBAA, 2012)
III. AIRCRAFT REQUIREMENT
a. Aircraft Choice: Beechcraft 250 King Air
i. Specifications
1. (Beechcraft, 2012)
ii. How it will meet the required mission and parameters
b. Aircraft Capital Cost
i. Initial Cost of acquisition (new or used)
1. (GlobalPlaneSearch.com, 2012)
ii. Cost of operations
1. 10 Year cash flow?
IV. MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENT
a. Basic structure of the corporate flight department for the company
i. Personnel required
ii. Operational flow
1. (Cannon & Richey, 2012)
b. Cost of department operations
i. Personnel costs
ii. Facilities costs
c. Compare current travel to proposed solutions
i. Past total costs
ii. Solution total costs
iii. Added benefits of the corporate aircraft
1. (Cannon & Richey, 2012)
V. CONCLUSION
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VI. REFERENCES