In previous examples, I've detailed last minute trips which certainly favor general aviation - so what about advanced notice?
Well, with 21 days of advanced notice the one way fairs on Southwest for a flight between Dallas and Houston are: $151 for business select, $136 for anytime, or $49 for wanna get away. For my airplane, the cost is $66 each way for up to 4 people (including the pilot).
So, if you want to go cheap you can get to Houston from Dallas at a lower cost, but with a lot of restrictions. The anytime fair from SWA certainly eliminates that problem, but then the cost escalates dramatically. For two people on a business trip the price breaks down thusly -
Southwest anytime fair (round trip) x 2 = $544.00
Taxes on the tickets = $ 36.18
Total 580.18
Airplane Gas (33 gallons round trip) = $132.00
Total 132.00
Not to mention that you still end up saving 1 hour and 10 minutes of travel time, which under this scenario is multiplied by 2 and then further multiplied by the salary of these folks.
You can slice the stats many ways, but given the right plane for the mission a private individual can be faster and cheaper than public transit.
Clear skies and tailwinds!
Mike
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