Title: Business Overview
1Business Overview John Boehle Founder 3/07/07
2What Is Point2Point Airways
- Point2Point Airways is a personalized airline
providing private air travel at prices comparable
to traditional air carriers
3Point2Points Service Offering
- A personal plane at your disposal
- your schedule
- your destination
- airline prices
- Flying Point2Point is as easy as 1-2-3
- show up at 5,000 community airports
- check-in on the plane
- take off - saves 4-10 hours of hassle per trip
- Simple pay-by-the-mile pricing
- 2.87/mile base AirConnect corporate rate
- Cost of a 300 mile round-trip
- 370/passenger for 3 passengers
4So Whats the Breakthrough?
- Why Now?
- Availability of Personal-sized aircraft
- Right-sized for personal missions
- Cost 500k-1.9 M vs. 30M
- More fuel efficient
- Hybrid fleet to match mission
- Low ground infrastructure costs
- No terminal leases, baggage handling or gate
costs - Leverage thousands of low cost regional airports
- Weak competition
- Secondary markets are poorly served by legacy air
carriers. - States west of the Mississippi are too large to
drive in.
5How We Compete
Point2Point Airways offers the fastest, the most
cost effective and the most convenient form of
travel in secondary and tertiary markets.
Fastest !
Cost Efficient !
Easiest !
Passengers must travel to Bismarck via
Minneapolis on Northwest Airlines Car
costs based on .455/mile, 2.50/gallon and 24
mpg 545 is the cheapest NW Airlines fare P2P
charges 545 plus 125 per additional
passenger Calculated as travel time x
125/hour Travel times prohibit same day
returns. Hotels are 100/night plus 50 per diem
expenses.
6Market Potential
- Market size In excess of 518,000 trips per year
in 7 state region - Based on a two-year Department of Transportation
/ NASA study - Demand calculated based on 3.00 per mile
- Total annual regional market size in excess of
1.2 Billion
7The Fleet
- 1-3 Passenger Prop (Cirrus SR22, Diamond Twin
Star) - Executive seating.
- Mission day trips of 350 mile radius
- Average Revenue 2.87/mile additional seat
charge - Average Cost 1.70 per mile (_at_ 70
billable hrs/month)
- 1-8 Passenger Turbo Prop (Cessna Caravan)
- Executive seating.
- Mission day trips of 500 mile radius
- Traveling office more interior room than most
mid-size jets. - Lowest Average Revenue 7.01/mile additional
seat charge - Average Cost 3.81 per mile (_at_ 70 billable
hrs/month)
8Barriers to Entry
- Geographic Focus establish incumbency in
underserved areas - First Mover Advantage
- Lock in corporate accounts for long term
contracts - Establish brand name and customer loyalty
programs - Operational know how
- AirConnectTM Program (e.g. Southern Illinois,
Western MN and Central CA - Establish relationships with regional Economic
Development Councils - Lock in 4.5 million of contracts prior to
launching service - Community to provide preferentially priced
facilities and services - FAA Air Carrier Certification
- Typically takes 1-2 million and 1-2 years of
effort - Alliances (Diamond Aircraft, UND Aerospace)
- Training, maintenance, pilot recruiting and
aircraft leasing
9Management Team
- Strong Management Team with Deep Industry
Experience - John Boehle, Founder CEO
- Entrepreneur
- - Raised 2.0 million for P2P
- - Successfully commenced commercial air
operations - Led 5 year development program for rural
transportation for NASA, - FAA and USDOT
- Commercial Pilot w/multi-engine, instrument
ratings and high - performance endorsements.
- Univ. Minnesota (Magnum Cum Laude), Univ. N.
Dakota (MS Aviation) - Michael Andersen, Director of Flight Operations
- 30 years of aviation experience (US Navy,
Northwest Airlines) - Certified transport pilot on B-757, B-767,
Learjet, Cirrus and Diamond aircraft - Certified flight instructor for AMEL, ASE, ASES
- FAA Class 1 Medical Certificate, FAA Designated
Pilot Examiner, FAA Aviation - Safety Counselor
- Certified Quality Auditor
10Summary
- Large Market Opportunity to Tap Under Served
Regions - Weak Competitive Options
- Compelling Customer Value Proposition
- Experienced Team
- Solid profit margins, Low break even points
- Operationally in Service we just need to scale
the model