Press Release
Issued by Green Charter 2022.
August 31, 2011
South Yorkshire businesses are flying high to greater productivity and profitability thanks to flexible and affordable air travel from aircraft lease company MPS Aviation.
By getting much closer to customer's desired departure and destination points the MPS aircraft can save companies valuable time otherwise wasted on needless road travel. That translates directly into more time on the job, squeezing maximum value from costly staff time.
Making all this possible is MPS' seven-seater King Air aircraft, a 250 mile-an-hour turboprop with a notable and rare ability – it can use over 40% more UK airfields than the best performing business jets, putting many more towns and cities within easy reach.
Big name retail and homeware chains are already signed up to use the aircraft and find they can get a lot more work done in a day, often visiting three or four locations instead of just one by car.
"One group from South Yorkshire was able to visit several potential new store locations in the south east and far south west and do it comfortably inside a normal working day," says pilot Christine Newall. "There's no way you could achieve that kind of productivity by any other means."
Yet while the King Air delivers jet-like comfort and convenience, it is significantly less expensive to lease than either business jets or helicopters. Indeed, so cost-effective is it proving that one company is now using it to move other key staff, including sales trainers, around the UK, disproving the myth that such aircraft are only justifiable for executives.
Says Newall: "This version of the King Air has all the comfort of an executive jet, but can access many more airfields at much lower cost. As companies look to boost productivity, it's not surprising that we're seeing renewed interest in personalised travel, particularly when this aircraft can meet people at a local airfield of their choice, take them to pretty much anywhere in the UK where they can do a full day's work, and then take them home again in time to put the children to bed."
The benefits of private air travel certainly add up for Sheffield, Rotherham and Harrogate-based chartered accountants Haywood & Co. The firm's Andrew Jackson, a partner, said: "Our client base is spread across the UK and when we have to get to several meetings in one day, using MPS Aviation makes sound financial sense. Our clients get a prompt and professional service and we can pass along the savings we make in travelling costs and time."
Based at Gamston Airport near Retford, MPS Aviation's King Air routinely collects travellers from other airfields for onward travel to destinations in the UK and Europe. It can then return them to their original point of departure or other chosen location. MPS also leases a four-seater Cessna aircraft for smaller numbers travelling to UK and near European destinations.
