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Business & Achilles “heel“ of air travel
For those of us who have only air once or twice, you may be lucky to have never had your flight is delayed, not canceled one. However, for those of us who fly on a regular basis delays and cancellations is nothing new – especially during volcanic eruptions and British Airways strikes in 2010.
Men and women in business would soar to discuss business, plan to fly again after a few days, only to find the flight was canceled for several days to come. These eruptions would have caused the airlines about $ 250 million in lost revenue per day, but no real value can be placed on the losses that caused the company because of late meetings and hours of work lost.
Although the clouds of ash and delayed to cancel many flights, which seems to occur on a regular basis without the help of a volcano or justification by the airline. Even the trains, which were known to be delayed, may be more reliable in those days.
Of course there are cases that can be done face to face or on the spot, but for companies that send staff to attend meetings and conferences locally, there are certainly other solutions that are more reliable.
Some alternatives are conferences and meetings with conference calls and web conferencing services.
Conference Call can be made by phone or from anywhere, and can allow up to 50 people to attend a meeting. There are other features like call recording, also available. If documents must be shared, web conferencing is still an excellent alternative that allows you to share documents and discuss live.
Again, there are cases to be handled face to face, but for a company that simply can not face delays or simply be more efficient, the conference call is certainly a solution that should be examined.