Air Service Requests Must be About the Airlines
Community Needs Should Intersect the Airline Goals

Air Service Requests must be about the airlines. While local air service development is about the community, requests for air service from the airlines must be about the airline. Requests should clearly acknodledge the airline’s business goals if a community is to successfully acquire the air service they want. Too often communities think about their air service requests needs without considering if these needs bi-sect a target airline’s needs. Successful communities target airline service that is mutually beneficial for the community and the airline and use sales points that are pertinent to the airline.

Air service requests without considering airline route and business plans have little chance of success. Airlines have large and costly assets (Aircraft). These aircraft are a very moveable asset. If you don’t craft your air service request so that it acknowledges the Airline scheduling strategy they will not meet your air service request and you will not acquire the flights your community desires.

Community Flights has developed over 35 best practices and guiding principles for communities looking to improve their air service. The above is just a small sample of a complete guidebook of best practice.

If you’d like to receive the complete guidebook for FREE: Community Flights Air Service Development Best Practices and Guiding Principles, email: scott@communityflights.com and ask that we send the full guide.

Scott Stewart is the principle of Community Flights; an air service support, development and management company. Community Flights works with communities, organizations or businesses on leveraging the great economic asset that air service is for economic gain. Scott formed Community Flights in January 2013 to help mobilize community support efforts and guide clients in bridging the “air service understanding gap” with the airlines to create an airline and community win-win air service support and performance environment. You can find more info about Community Flights at www.communityflights.com. Contact Scott Stewart directly at scott@communityflights.com .