The term Air taxi is a phrase that refers
to the renting of an entire aircraft as opposed to individual
aircraft seats. While the airlines specialize in selling
transportation by the seat, air charter companies focus
on small groups for specialized itineraries, urgent or time-sensitive
freight or cargo, air ambulance and any other form of ad
hoc air transportation. Generally speaking, air taxi is
also known as air charter, executive charter, jet charter
and more broadly as a part of general aviation. In the United
States air charter and air taxi operations are governed
by Part 135 of the Federal Aviation Regulations, unlike
the larger scheduled airlines, which are governed by more
stringent standards of Part 121 of the FARs, which are regulations
designed for scheduled air carriers.
History of the Airtaxi:
Airtaxi charter can trace its roots back to the dawn of
civil aviation. The true growth, however, or corporate aviation
and related air taxi, air charter suppliers, boomed following
the close of World War II. With excess surplus aircraft
lower start up costs both corporations and stand alone air
charter companies entered the business of dedicated charter
flights for executives, high end travelers, special missions
such as organ donor flights, critical auto parts freight,
etc, sports teams, entertainers, etc.
new development in the Air crafts: Due to the synergies
of a number of technological advancements, some aviation
professionals foresee the middle class traveling easily
and with much less expense than is currently possible, using
VLJs (very light jets) and other types of comparatively
inexpensive aircraft.New technologies in engine design,
airframe manufacturing methods, computer aided design and
avionics as well as ATC
upgrades, many say,will come together to drastically reduce
cost while increasing efficiency, comfort and safety. These
aircraft (such as the Eclipse 500) are said easier to fly
and much cheaper to produce than current production jets.
5,400 small airports across the United States make point-to-point
air travel on smaller jets quicker for travelers than the
airline hub and spoke system. Next generation avionics and
systems may also make these small airports accessible even
in poor weather conditions.
NORTH AMERICA: North
America is a continent in the Earth's northern hemisphere
and (chiefly) western hemisphere. North and South America
are popularly accepted as having been named after Italian
explorer Amerigo Vespucci by the German cartographer Martin
Waldseemüller. Vespucci was the first European to suggest
that the Americas were not the East Indies, but a new world
previously undiscovered by Europeans. The second and less
generally accepted theory is that the continents are named
after an English merchant named Richard Amerike from Bristol,
who is believed to have financed John Cabot's voyage of
discovery from England to Newfoundland in 1497. A minutely
explored belief that has been advanced is that America was
named for a Spanish sailor bearing the ancient Visigothic
name of 'Amairick'. Another is that the name is rooted in
an American Indian language.North America is often divided
into subregions but no universally accepted divisions exist.
Central America comprises the southern region of the continent,
but its northern terminus varies between sources.
