to the west, which is home to a unique and guarded corporate culture that has had more than a few successes since “Mr. Sam” opened his first store almost 40 years ago.
Back at the lounge, pilots round up passengers. Then there’s a brisk walk out to the planes, baggage is stowed and they go. More than 100 passengers will launch out in 20 different direc-tions (including Knoxville, in the trip seen here) on a busy morning. Most will be on the road for a few days and
then return, and not always in the same aircraft.
Anybody can be sitting next to you And that process is going global. country and also used a bird’s eye view
on a Wal-Mart plane. “You’ll see a “As our company continues to expand, to scout new locations – would have
buyer sitting next to our CEO. It just our need for business aviation will been tickled at the thought of Rogers
depends on where you need to go. only grow. That’s certainly reflected as an international airport. “Mr. Sam
There’s only one class, and everybody in Wal-Mart International’s growth, was a huge proponent of business avia-
pretty much takes care of their own,” expanding operations in Canada, tion,” Bisio says. “That’s been handed
Bisio says. Germany, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, down to his son, Rob, who is our cur-
Once there, they try to get an idea Korea, China and most recently with rent chairman and a real proponent
of how a store looks, seeing what’s major acquisitions in the United of our aviation group.”
changing. “We have stores which Kingdom,” Basio says. Most are reach- A billboard-sized blow-up of
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