A convenient schedule continues to matter most to business travellers when choosing an airline, followed by a reputation for safety. An inflexible attitude to carry-on baggage would persuade four in ten business travellers to switch airlines. The longer the flight, the more business travellers opt for a better class of seat. Constant itinerary changes after departure have become another regrettable fact of business life. Membership of frequent flyer programmes continues to grow - despite approaching saturation point.
Business travellers spend half of all their time in the air either reading for pleasure or sleeping.
Work largely is shelved and in-flight entertainment ignored. Regional characteristics emerge from the survey, shining a light on the national traits of business travellers. Click here to access cartoons from the 1999 OAG Business Travel Lifestyle Survey Click here to access the 1999 OAG Business Travel Lifestyle Survey Graphs Click here to access the latest news in our press releases. All rights reserved. OAG is a Reed Business Information company and a member of the Reed Elsevier plc Group .