The pace of development of business aviation in Russia and, in particular, in Moscow is so great that it is difficult to compare it with any other industry. According to experts, the business flight market is not yet fully saturated, which contributes to the emergence and development of new companies. All business aviation companies can be roughly divided into large operators and small ones. Each has its own niche, its own fleet of aircraft (own or leased), and its own layer of clients.
Business aviation airlines: equally divided between Russian and foreign operators
In Moscow on this moment There are over 50 airlines registered that provide business class flight services. This is approximately equal numbers of foreign and Russian players. At the same time, it is difficult to say which operator is a “pure” carrier (providing exclusively business aviation services). There are only a few such operators, while the rest provide brokerage services and play in the tourist air charter market to maximize market coverage. The largest market players provide management services (help interested businessmen and companies choose and purchase their own aircraft).
Clients prefer foreign aircraft to business aviation
As already mentioned, foreign business aviation airlines have a significant share in the Moscow air charter market. This trend was typical at the beginning of market development: when domestic carriers with their aircraft converted for business jets competed weakly with modern, comfortable, compact and inexpensive foreign jets.
However, recently the main Russian operators can afford to purchase and lease foreign-made business aircraft. Knowing the needs of your client, Moscow business aviation companies create the proper level of comfort, gradually expanding their influence.
Concerning pricing policy, which is offered by Moscow operators - it can be classified as medium. However, the increasing level of competition, updating the fleet of equipment, new approaches to service, according to experts, will soon lead to cost optimization without affecting quality.
Business aviation companies: features of work
The most popular destinations, which provide capital business aviation airlines— flights from Moscow to St. Petersburg, to the Far East and to the Western European part of the continent.
Business class aircraft include aircraft whose capacity does not exceed 19 passengers. This is a rather relative concept, since in no country in the world (including Russia) business aviation is not regulated and has no legal status. All business aviation flights are classified by airports as civil aviation.
Which business aviation airline to choose?
The most popular in Moscow business aviation aircraft on average they can fly 7-10 thousand kilometers and have a capacity of up to 20 passengers. All popular business jets are foreign-made. Russian aircraft factories cannot yet offer a single small aircraft that could be called a domestic business jet.
However, Moscow operators still use converted Tu-154, Tu-134, Yak-42 and Yak-40 for flights. Their service life is close to exhaustion (there are still a few years left), after which they will have to look for an alternative replacement. It should be noted that clients of Moscow business air carriers still prefer to fly on foreign jets. We can list the most famous business aviation aircraft in Moscow. These are Hawker 800, Challenger 604, Global Express XRS, Gulfstream G200 and others.
With all the variety of airlines in the capital, the issue of choosing a suitable carrier remains relevant. Against this background, the operator Charter Tour stands out. The company provides its customers with an advantageous choice between Russian and foreign aircraft, has an optimal level of service and fair prices. And ordering a plane from this operator is no more difficult than calling a taxi.
Stories civil aviation for many years now. But business aviation At the same time, it is a fairly young market segment. Now it is difficult to say when and by whom the first business charter was organized. It is only known that the European Business Aviation Association began its activities in 1977 - this is considered the starting point for the development of the new service.
It attracted attention with its improved quality of service and the use of modern aircraft and equipment. Thus, business air transportation has conquered a significant sector of the market. Another relatively new concept - corporate charter - was becoming synonymous with a successful businessman.
Business aviation in the world
The new story for business aviation around the world was associated with a number of problems - the infamous global financial crisis led to a decline in demand and seriously hit market operators. Then business aviation practically suspended its existence - recently purchased business jets were sold at the price of scrap metal, the list of mandatory services on board was reduced to a minimum - everything went towards making the process cheaper, which, however, also suited customers. If before, when choosing an airline, they were interested in a wide service, then during the crisis, when choosing an airline, they gave preference to the most low prices for charter flights.
After the crisis, the charter flight market began to revive. According to experts, it is too early to talk about a full recovery, but already now many operators are again ready to provide a wide range of services that are included in the concept of business aviation.
Business aviation in Russia
Meanwhile, in Russia the situation is somewhat different. Such a concept as business aviation appeared in the country in the early nineties. The development of the new service was helped by large companies that became the first customers of corporate flights. Over time, operators have increased their efficiency by moving away from owning aircraft to leasing them. This allowed ship owners to optimize their fleet of equipment, and operators to reduce their own costs by responsibly reducing ticket prices.
After that business aviation became accessible to business representatives—domestic air transportation was in particular demand. The crisis undoubtedly affected this market, but large airlines were able to survive and continue their activities.
The future of business aviation
Among the promising areas in the development of business aviation, one can highlight the availability of the service - more and more companies provide the opportunity to order a charter through online applications on the Internet.
Modern business aviation provides a wide range of individual options available to business charter customers. Among them:
- the ability to order any route and any departure time;
- possibility of organizing an urgent flight;
- choice of aircraft of various capacities and different classes - from “economy” to “VIP”;
- the ability to combine a business flight with cargo transportation - up to multi-ton structures.
Business charter or your own plane?
Large companies with serious cash flow prefer to have a private jet for business flights. The desire of top managers and owners can be understood - owning an aircraft provides a number of advantages. But what happens in practice?
Regardless of whether a private jet is used or not, funds must be allocated for its upkeep and maintenance.
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Well, one more argument: a charter flight allows the client to take off at a convenient time. Having your own plane does not provide such an advantage - airports independently determine the time of issuing permission for the departure of a private aircraft, first of all giving priority to regular flights.
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Small aviation, ultra-light aviation, private aviation- these are all terms of one concept. All of them refer to aircraft that are similar in weight, power, engine type and passenger capacity to passenger cars. Small aviation is primarily a one- or two-seat aircraft, a light helicopter for 4 passengers, and a gyroplane can be classified in this category. The main task of this category of transport is personal transportation of a person.
What is small aviation?
Private aviation is taking over the world. The usual aluminum in the frame of aircraft has been replaced by composites of high-tech carbon materials. Small aircraft are made from carbon film, which is somewhat reminiscent of polyethylene, by rolling the film into many layers. Ultimately, the plating aircraft somewhat reminiscent of a cocoon. The aircraft becomes much lighter, which allows for significant savings on fuel, and this, in turn, greatly reduces the cost of transportation.
About 90% of all aircraft on earth operate in small aviation, almost all of them are classified as small flights air transport. For example, about 250 thousand private aviation aircraft are used in the United States. 5400 are specially allocated for them runways, hangars, and much more. The total annual income from such aircraft is about $50 billion.
Some European countries (Ireland, England and Germany) provide the opportunity, after receiving a private pilot's document, after some time, if desired, to pilot an airliner. Many programmers, teachers, doctors and others are just line pilots.
Small aviation in Russia
In Russia, the term “private aviation” is not defined by GOST, but it is taken into account that aircraft with a thrust of up to 500 kgf can be considered small aviation. At the same time, the number of passengers should not exceed 19 people. As for helicopters, their kgf indicators for small aircraft are in the range of 500-4500 kgf, and drones can have a thrust of up to 8600 kgf. For convenience, many small businesses prefer private flights and business trips through private aviation.
Airplane
The most popular private aircraft in the Russian Federation are the Yak-52 and L-29. The cost of flights as a passenger is respectively 150 and 400-600 dollars per hour of flight.
The Yak-52 is a sports aircraft for training, a monoplane with an aerodynamic low wing. The length of the aircraft is approximately 7.7 meters, the wingspan is about 10 m. The weight of the empty aircraft is 1000 kg, and the weight of the loaded aircraft is up to 1200 kg. The plane is two-seater.
The L-29 is also a training aircraft, with a crew of two, a wingspan and a length of about 10 meters. The empty weight of the L-29 is 2200 kg.
Today, the Cessna 172 and Yak-18 are popular. The cost of a Cessna 172 at the moment is about 1,500,000 rubles, and the Yak-18 will cost 2,200,000 rubles.
Helicopter
In addition to airplanes, you can also pamper yourself with an American-made Robinson helicopter, but this will cost 600-700 thousand dollars, and the Mi-34 will cost 400,000 dollars. Ultralight aircraft "Sigma", Russian production, which has quite good quality and efficiency, now costs about 55,000 euros, but if you need a six-seater Eclipse aircraft to transport business partners or just an excursion flight, then you will have to pay at least 1.6 million dollars for it, not including fuel.
Autogyro
The gyroplane is a lightweight platform for transportation, which, weighing only 40 kg, is capable of reaching speeds of up to 180-200 km/h due to power of up to 140 hp. Speed is provided by a lightweight water-cooled ROTAX 793 engine. The device looks like a helicopter, has a closed cockpit, and the aircraft itself can be modified, as an option - changing the engine. Autogyros take off with a run of 10-50 meters. Due to the supporting rotor, the lifting force is quite significant and, unlike a helicopter, the propeller is directed against the movement, taking on the role of a wing with a positive angle of attack. There are several options for a screw engine, but the diameter of the screw will not depend on this, the engine will simply affect the load capacity. This compact device can land anywhere in Russia due to its small dimensions, and the cost of the device is such that even a non-rich person can buy it.
Paralets and trikes
The paraglider and the trike are approximately similar structures, the main part where the pilot and the engine are located, both aircraft have the same, a trolley welded from pipes, with a pilot’s seat and wheels installed, a motor and controls attached to it. Attached to the motor air propeller, which moves the entire structure in the airspace. In flight, the frame itself rests either on a semi-rigid delta-shaped wing, which consists of a frame of duralumin tubes covered with airtight material, or on a frameless wing - a parachute. The paraglider and trike are structurally elementary means of flight. The peculiarity of these aircraft is their easy disassembly, packaging and small volume when folded, as well as their low weight, making them unpretentious to take-off and landing surfaces, storage and maintenance. In fact, an ordinary garage is enough to service and store paralets and trikes.
Today, many design bureaus work in the field of ultralight aircraft. In Russia there is a whole base already prepared to promote the introduction and development of small aviation in the country. This base was created on the basis of the Samara Aerospace University. SSAU graduates have formed an advanced aviation sector in Samara region— Aerosamara Design Bureau (former student aircraft design bureau of SKB LA SSAU), creates and assembles unique aircraft in its own production.
Aircraft registration
To register an aircraft, you must obtain a permit and license to operate the aircraft. The cost of paperwork costs about 1 million rubles, in addition, you will have to wait from a month to a year for the permit to be fully issued. The certificate is issued after passing all authorities for 2-5 years. After this, the vessel should be re-registered, undergoing a new registration process.
In the USA, for example, a helicopter can be registered in 2-3 days, without subsequent re-registration.
Flying in private vehicles
Modern flights in Russia
At the moment, it is possible to avoid traffic jams in Moscow by ordering your own personal small plane. Formally, there are no restrictions for registering a personal aircraft in any aviation organization for civilians. At the moment, in the Russian Federation there is no opportunity to buy an aircraft, as in a car dealership, but all this can be done through intermediaries. Domestic aircraft are not expensive, but they are inferior in quality and reliability to foreign technology. The best planes in Russia for private transport these are A-33, L-42, LA-8 and Su-31. Due to the high cost of certification.
The next important question is: how can you get the quality service and maintenance you need at the airfield?
Russia's infrastructure is still poorly developed and is far inferior to world standards. The personnel crisis in aviation, the small number of training grounds, the lack of necessary additional spare parts and the weakness of DOSAAF have a negative impact on the development of private aviation.
Flights to the EU and USA
In Europe and the USA, light or small aviation is perceived as commonplace as road travel. You get a driver's license, a license, undergo a technical inspection, a gas check, buy a card, and you can fly on business or just for leisure. Before departure, it is necessary to inform the pilot of the weather situation, make an entry in the log of the airfield from which the departure is taking place, write down and inform the destination, after which you can safely fly.
In Europe and the USA, flights are becoming more accessible, the number of flights is growing, and at the same time, interest in the business in which investors are investing is growing. The main clients of small aviation are middle class people, and not just the upper strata of the population. The annual US turnover from small aircraft alone is about 80% of all air traffic.
Small aviation in Europe and the States is the training of professional aviation couriers. Every person's aviation history is erased and not preserved at all; in addition, no one pays any taxes for flights. If we take, for example, Lithuania and Belarus, these countries have recently moved to the European level of small aviation. Thanks to European standards, private aviation began to develop in full swing there.
It is believed that a trial pilot project of a progressive legal framework and small aviation hubs is needed, which will realize the possibility of developing small aviation in Russian Federation, at least in several large cities.
How to fly in the EU
One of the special schools in Ireland, which was organized by businessmen, has 6 employees on its staff. This school provides theoretical and practical training for aviation flights. Some people can learn to fly using the Internet or purchased special books, especially if they have completed quality training in college. The theoretical teaching system is almost the same as in the physical and technical school. Freedom on the road, strict requirements and exams will give you the opportunity to discover the sky after passing the exams.
Personal, elite flight training schools in the United States train both line pilots and pilots of airliners that are used to transport cargo and passengers on Airbuses or Boeings. Becoming a line pilot is now quite easy. Having received a document certifying a person as a private pilot, it is possible to fly “hours” for personal purposes and then be able to increase your flight time to 200 hours. After passing the exams, there is always the opportunity to become eligible to work as an instructor in an aviation club.
From this moment on, you no longer need to spend your own money on training and flying hours. If an interested pilot reaches 500 hours of flight time, he can even become a commercial pilot. If you wish, you can take exams for piloting aircraft with a large crew and become the second pilot of an airliner. All this can be easily achieved by combining any profession with flying and moving in parallel along two career ladders. Tens and hundreds of doctors, programmers, scientists and teachers have the opportunity to fly small or even large aircraft, while businessmen or diplomats more often prefer private flights on small planes and helicopters.
The realities of flying small aircraft in the Russian Federation, training ordinary citizens in aircraft management
Illusory lightness. A flight, just for familiarization, with an instructor, for 20-30 minutes, which includes only basic information, costs at least 5,000 rubles. You can save on your first flight by using special coupons or on promotions. The student will not be given the steering wheel in his hands right away; the minimum that the instructor will allow him is to hold the steering wheel in his hands. Many people want to experience this feeling a second time. The hope is that the client will become excited and want to continue training again in order to learn how to fly the plane himself. Those who are “hooked” on flying have to pay a lot, especially at the stage of learning to fly.
Amateur aviation is not a cheap pleasure. At nearby Moscow airfields they charge at least 8-10 thousand rubles for an hour of flight. In most aviation clubs, the cost of an hour of flight depends on many factors, for example, the model of the aircraft, the number of flights the aircraft has flown over the entire period of operation, and so on. The cost of a flight is reduced if you pay for several hours of flight time at once.
A small video of the training of civil aviation pilots; it is no different, except for the type of aircraft, from the training of small aviation pilots.
For example, at ChelAvia, where they fly only on Italian Tecnam aircraft, the cost of a flight hour when paying for the entire internship (42 hours) is approximately 8-9 thousand rubles, but when paying for 10 hours or more - 9 thousand rubles in an hour. No one will let a new recruit into the sky, including with an instructor, even for an hour. The maximum flight time for a beginner is about an hour, and the cost of the flight is calculated by the minute.
A beginner can take the helm of an aircraft only after 15 hours of flight with an instructor - these are the rules. In fact, this may happen much later, due to the client's poor learning ability. A trainee's solo flight is allowed only a year after the start of training, when the instructor is confident in the knowledge and skills of his student. It takes about the same amount of time to learn to drive a car at a driving school.
Without a private pilot's certificate, you are only allowed to fly along routes or over an airfield. Flights on routes are allowed only when accompanied by an instructor - again, a similar example with driving a car. To become a full-fledged pilot, you must undergo training, pass an exam and obtain a PPL pilot certificate. The main thing in training is the theoretical part, knowledge of aerodynamics, aviation meteorology, aircraft design, radio communications and the subject of aircraft navigation. The total cost of the course in Moscow costs about 300,000 rubles. In addition, you can experience vertical takeoff, both on an airplane and a helicopter. By itself, a helicopter consumes a lot of fuel, at least 50 liters per hour, which is 5 times more compared to light aircraft. For this reason, the cost of training even on light and economical helicopters can reach a million rubles or more. If you compare the cost of a flight on a light aircraft and a helicopter, then, for example, at Aviamarket they charge 23,000 rubles for an hour of flight, but the training course lasts 42 hours of flight time, like other aircraft. After completing the training course, a private pilot certificate is issued.
Peak popularity of small aircraft falls on the year 2003-2004, then the wave of interest disappeared a little, and now a new trend of flights on small aircraft has appeared. If in Europe air space highlighted very strictly, then in Russia you can fly just for fun, for a hobby, far from air corridors and air bases. average speed a regular, simple helicopter, which can be taken after training, is up to 200 km/h, and the horizontal speed of small biplanes is 200-250 km/h, with fuel consumption 5 times lower.
It is easier to fly an airplane than a helicopter due to less influence of air currents. Helicopters are more suitable for private small transport, and airplanes are used more often for entertainment, of course, if this concerns small aircraft and not a cargo airliner. In the European Union and the United States, an entire entertainment culture has developed based on ultralight aircraft. The leader among aerobatics competitions is the Red Bull Air Race, which is held at various venues around the world.
