Business Travel Tips

The latest annual Barclaycard Business Travel Survey reveals that business travelers in UK are downshifting to economy class travel.
The study shows that as British Airways remains the most used airline for business travel (28%), budget airlines such as easyJet (ranked 2nd) and Ryanair (ranked 3rd) have increased their market share.

UK business travelers are opting for no-frills airlines over traditional carries as they seek to maintain current levels of business travel in a bid to grow their businesses. […] When selecting a class of travel, 44% of respondents cited cost as the overriding purchasing decision factor, with 17% claiming class is dictated by company policy, 12% by length of flight and only 7% down to personal preference.

UK business travellers fly mostly internationally. 64% of business travellers in UK have flown internationally on business in the last 12 months with 12% of respondents claiming to have flown on an international flight more than 11 times. Domestic flights are less popular, with only 43% claiming to have flown domestically in the last year.

The survey was conducted in December 2007, amongst a nationwide sample (3397 respondents) of Barclaycard Business commercial card holders (CEOs, chairmen, company directors, managers and executives) who provided their thoughts on all aspects of business travel. (source: PRWeb)