今天，你是不是又要带着那一丝愧疚去告别妻儿，然后匆匆忙忙地赶往机场，耐着性子去检票、安检、托运行李，说不定还要因为航班的延误或取消而大为光火。即便准时上了飞机，你也会在枯燥、漫长的旅途中浪费掉一大段宝贵的时间。
　　现在，用一种简单的方法解决这一系列问题。这种方法就是——用公务机。
　　公务飞行与定期航班同是现代航空运输业的重要组成部分。如果说定期航班是空中的“公共汽车”的话，那么公务机就相当于“出租汽车”或“私家车”。公务机不受固定航班的时间限制，可以在您需要的任何时间飞往任何地点。
　　1947年，世界第一个公务飞行指导机构NBAA(美国公务航空协会)在美国成立。自此以后公务飞行在美国及欧洲得到了迅速的发展。到2000年，全球的涡轮发动机公务机数量已经达到20,554架。美国公务航空协会的成员发展到6300多家，其成员公司的雇员总和达到1,900万，收入总和大约5万亿美元，超过美国国内生产总值(GDP)的一半，足见其对整体国民经济的贡献之大。截止到2000年，美国一共有9.317个公司运营着14,079架公务机。在乘坐公务机旅行的公司雇员当中，仅有14％来自最高级管理层.其余86%乘客中，14%为高级经理, 9%为中层管理者，另外19%来自专业人员。在“财富”杂志评出的世界500强企业中，三分之二的公司拥有自己的公务机，其余的公司也经常包租公务机。
　　
　　公务机在中国
　　
　　中国的公务机发展是从1995年海南航空集团公司开始经营公务包机开始的。迄今为止，大陆地区交付使用的公务机已达11架。其中，有6架属于海航集团下属的金鹿公务机公司。目前，金鹿公司已经成为亚洲最大的公务机公司。此外，上海航空公司、山东航空公司和长沙远大集团都已经拥有自己的公务飞机。另有几十架飞机的定货正在加紧生产中。
　　我们采访了世界上最大的公务机制造商之一，也是惟一在中国设有长驻服务机构的公务机制造商——雷神公司的北亚地区销售总监廖学锋先生。廖先生说：“目前，中国公务机市场中的主力机型就是雷神公司生产的‘豪客800XP型’飞机，我们对中国大陆的市场非常看好。现在，我们已经准备在中国建立专门对公务机进行维护的工厂，更好地为公务飞行这一前景广阔的市场服务。”
　　最保守的估算，中国拥有的公务机数量应大于500架，很明显，现在我们还远远达不到这一水平。在美国平均每1000亿美元GDP产生141架公务机的需求量，而巴西虽然是与中国情况类似的发展中国家，但公务机的相对需求量比美国还高，每1000亿美元的GDP大约产生320架。再来看中国，目前是每1000亿美元的GDP仅有1架公务机，这个差距明显反映出中国公务机市场的潜力之大。国内传统思维的观念制约了公务机在中国的正常发展。国内舆论普遍认为公务机是奢侈品，而并没有把这种高效的商务交通工具与其所创造的效益和价值联系在一起。这种观念在很大程度上限制了国内公务航空市场的开拓和发展。另外，中国在空中使用权方面的限制和飞行员的短缺，使一些有能力、有意愿购买公务机的企业产生一定顾虑。但是，随着入世后中国开放力度和竞争压力的加大，这些制约因素必将很快被冲破，公务机在中国的市场前景应该说是很乐观的。
　　
　　公务机八大优势
　　
　　在民航运输业极为发达的今天，为什么公务机还是备受青睐呢？因为公务机有着众多无可比拟的独特优势。在这些优势中，有八个方面尤为突出。
　　优势一：高效省时。早晨出发，一天之内赶到二三个城市进行商务活动，晚上还能赶回家中与家人共进晚餐。乘坐公务机的客户可以指定起降时间、地点，乘机手续简单，不用候机，每次旅行可以轻轻松松地节省出大约4个小时的时间。客舱内有先进的卫星电话，电脑网络接口，传真等完善的办公设施，是真正的“空中办公室”。这样一来，你便可以最大限度地用好公司最重要的财富——时间和人力资源。
　　优势二：旅行的灵活性。公务机不受定期航班时间和航线的限制，你甚至可以在飞行途中改变你的目的地。你可以完全按照自己的需要安排旅行计划，不必为了害怕错过航班而在会晤中频频看表。
　　优势三：安全可靠。无论从飞机本身的质量，维护水平，还是飞行安全纪录来看，公务机是目前世界上最安全的一种交通工具。全世界公务航空的权威组织，美国公务航空协会(NBAA)的统计数字表明，1995-2000年公务机的平均事故率是每10万飞行小时0.178次，同期的航班飞行事故率为每10万飞行小时0.291次。
　　优势四：优秀的个人防护性。公务飞机使您能够完全控制航程安排、乘客名单、飞机的维护计划以及指定飞行员，从而避免了一些不可预见的潜在危险。
　　优势五：舒适的享受。豪华的公务机座舱装备有中央酒吧，高级洗手间，真皮全方位可调座椅以及高保真音响，DVD等高级娱乐设施。乘坐这样的公务机旅行是工作，也是休息，更是享受。同时，公务机的巡航高度比普通的定期航班高，飞行时颠簸较小，乘做起来更为舒适。
　　优势六：可靠的私密性。公务机航空可以确保公务人员本身以及其随身携带的敏感信息的安全，免去被窃听的烦恼，更好地保护商业机密和个人隐私。
　　优势七：特有的税收优越性。买飞机是一笔不小的投入，但飞机的折旧费很高，从而可以为盈利的企业节省巨额所得税。而实际上公务机贬值却很低，有时甚至还可以略微增值。因此，购买公务机还可以帮企业“省钱”。
　　优势八：广告效应。拥有公务机或其管理层雇员乘坐公务机旅行，是公司经营业绩良好的信号，体现了公司对时间和效率的极大关注，在外界树立起了蓬勃向上的良好形象。公司用公务机接送重要客户，也会给客户留下深刻、美好的印象，可使公司商业信誉升值。
　　
　　China Needs More Business Aircraft
　　By our staff reporter
　　You are a company executive frequently on the go, to clinch business deals, attend exhibitions or visit a factory to deal with a labor dispute, all in different places. You lose a lot of time on the way, not to say being caught up in traffic jams on your way to the airport and having to going through all the hassle at the airport. Going on a business trip is something of a torment for you. Now, there is one way to solve your problem: the business aircraft.
　　Business flight is a component part of the modern air transportation industry. If scheduled flights are "buses" in the air, business jets are "taxicabs" and "private cars."
　　The year 1947 saw the establishment of the world‘s first business aircraft association, the NBAA (National Business Aircraft Association of the United States). Since then, business aircraft have developed in North America and Europe at a rapid pace. By 2000, the number of business aircraft powered by turbo engines had reached 20,554 worldwide. In the same year, membership of NBAA had exceeded 6,300; its (corporate) members had a combined workforce of 19 million people and had combined revenues of US$5 trillion, more than half of the GDP of the United States. In 2000, a total of 9,317 firms in the United States operated 14,079 business aircraft. Of business aircraft passengers, only 14% are top executives. Of the remaining 86% of the passengers, 14% are senior managers, 9% middle-level managers and 19% professionals. Among Fortune magazine‘s 500 top companies in the world, two-thirds have their own business aircraft and the rest often lease them.
　　
　　Business Aircraft in China
　　
　　In 1995, the Hainan Aviation Group began operating business aircraft. This marked the beginning of business aircraft services in China. At present, in service in the Chinese mainland are altogether 11 business aircraft, of which six are owned by the Jinlu Business Aircraft Co., a subsidiary of Hainan Aviation Group. Chinese companies have ordered several dozen business aircraft and expect their delivery soon. In a recent interview, Liao Xuefeng, a sales representative of Raytheon, one of the biggest business aircraft manufacturers in the world and the only one of them that has established a permanent service outlet in China for its business jets, says: "At present, the main aircraft model used on China‘s business aircraft market is Raytheon‘s Hawker 800XP. We see bright prospects for China‘s business aircraft market. We are preparing to set up a business aircraft maintenance plant in China to provide better service to the country‘s expanding business aircraft market."
　　According to a conservative estimate, the number of business aircraft in China should be greater than 500. This sounds a great deal but is compatible with the level of economic development in China. In the United States, there is demand for 141 business aircraft for every US$100 billion worth of GDP. In Brazil, a developing country like China, relative demand for business jets is even higher than in the United States: there is demand for 320 business aircraft for every US$100 billion worth of GDP. In China at present, there is only one business aircraft for every US$100 billion worth of GDP. The huge gap points to the great market potential for business aircraft in China.
　　Conventional thinking in China has hampered a normal development of business aircraft in the country. In the eyes of public opinion, a business jet is a luxury machine fit for the super rich only. People do not tend to associate this highly efficient means of transportation with efficient work and the creation of high values made possible by travel by business jet. Another constraint is limitations on the right to use air space and a shortage of qualified pilots. Following China‘s entry of the WTO, as the country integrates more closely with the rest of the world economically and as competition intensifies, restrictions on the owning and use of business aircraft will be lifted. The business aircraft market in China is expected to grow robustly. ■