Community Air Service Funding Targets Should be Fair
Should be proportional within the region and industries

Community air service funding targets and should be fair. They should also be proportional within the region/ industries and based on the “Benefit” of the air service within the community air program. Many community agencies will “keep score” so a funding mechanism that focuses on fair contribution will help keep the focus on effective air service support and not funding equability.

When community air service funding targets are not well-considered upfront or unfairly structured, this can cause lack of community business participation and insufficient funding for ongoing support of the community air service.

Community Flights experience has shown that when community air service funding targets do not show fairness,  both in businesses and organizations identified and level of funding to request, effective community air service support and development will be hand-cuffed. We recommend that communities don’t set their air programs back from the start by setting up fund-raising efforts that have unfair structures.

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 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 mobilize community support efforts and help clients, bridge 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. You can contact Scott Stewart directly at scott@communityflights.com.