Aircraft manufacturer Cirrus began this year to publicize their concept of “Flying 2.0″ for regional travel needs. Cirrus notes that traditional commercial air travel (Flying 1.0) has became cumbersome, uncomfortable and expensive and has lost its initial charm of yesteryear. Let’s be honest, who hasn’t already experienced long wait hours at the airport for a flight offered by one of the major carriers before one can finally take place onboard and take off towards one’s destination?
With its regional travel “Flying 2.0″ solution, Cirrus proposes to travel differently in a more modern, accountable, safe and effective way at your own schedule.¬† Aircrafts such as Cirrus SR22 & Cessna Corvallis 400 allow everyone to access a larger number of regional destinations and airports only served by general aviation, thereby allowing one to land much closer to one’s destination.¬† In North America only, GA’s passengers have access to more 5,200 public-use community airports while commercial airlines serve only about 500 large airports, with 70 percent of airline traffic going to only 30 to 40 major airports. This means that business travelers like you and I require to schedule extra time to clear security, take connecting flights, collect baggage, rent a car and then drive to our destination.
Now imagine this for a minute. No queue and no waiting at the airport, extremely modern aircrafts with beautiful design, absolute state-of-the-art technology, direct point to point travel, safety, reliability, comfort and performance, all this combined with a more personalized and greener approach, that allows you to land closer to your final destination for about the same price. Wow! That is certainly a great proposal and we are all for it!  Visit Cirrus web site to discover the many benefits that their solution involves. Flying 2.0 is music to our ears!
Flying 2.0 video:
GA’s next aircraft generation, like the Cirrus SR20 & SR22, Diamond DA42 & DA50 and the new Cessna Corvallis 350 & 400 truly offers a fantastic and viable alternative to regional travelers that are ready for a change.
Cirrus offers high-performance single-engine, four-seat, composite aircrafts (SR20 & SR22) and will soon release their new Cirrus VISION “SF50″, a high-performance single-jet engine, that offers a flexible 5+2 seating with variable configuration. The aircraft has a maximum speed of 300kts and can climp up to 25 000 feet with a range of about 1100M.
Cirrus VISION SF50 (Pictures issued from Cirrus Web site )
Cirrus VISION SF50 / 5+2 seating variable configuration (Pictures issued from Cirrus Web site )
Cirrus SR22 Turbo (Pictures issued from Cirrus Web site )
Diamond DA42 (Pictures issued from Diamond Aircraft Web site )
Cessna Corvallis TT 400 (Pictures issued from Cessna Aircraft Web site )
More links:
http://cirrusaircraft.com
http://www.cessna.com
http://www.diamondaircraft.com
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Flying 2.0 is a fantastic idea and elicits images of modernized tools and efficiencies (e.g., web 2.0). However, what I don’t see from Cirrus is a roadmap for how to implement this idea…except to buy one of their airplanes. It would be great if Cirrus would start sharing innovative ideas about how the demand can be aggregated, about how suppliers, i.e., operators, can join forces to find out and meet the demand, and about how much it costs and how much it really saves.