About Family Airlines   Family Airlines will offer non-stop economy class flights to and from heavy populated markets within the continental U.S. and Hawaii. By utilizing the very popular four engine Boeing 747-400 jumbo jet, these aircraft will seat 539 economy class passengers in the main cabin and 42 office class seats.

Family Airlines will cater to travelers on budgets, families with children, business travelers wishing to conserve resources, as well as all other travelers for whom cost may be a consideration and who desire to fly in comfort at the lowest available fare. Family will introduce an unrestricted no frills economy fare that will be substantially lower then the lowest fares offered today by other airlines. All passengers on a flight in similar class seating will pay the same fare. A significant decrease in fare structure normally translates into a measurable increase in traffic, resulting in the desired increase in revenue. Therefore, the Company’s pricing strategy is intended to stimulate additional traffic as well as capture a significant portion of the current market.

The primary source of revenue for most airlines is passenger ticket sales, however at Family it will be quite a different picture. In fact the company plans to develop alternative profit centers that will generate approximately fifty percent of the airlines total revenue, thus limiting the reliance on passenger ticket sales. Presently these alternative profit centers include, optional in-flight food service, individual seat back movies and video games, sky phones, shop by mail, internet and e-mail access, all available for an additional cost by credit card. In addition, the transport of cargo and mail will represent a significant increase in income with very little increase in operational cost. The uniqueness of this Boeing 747-400 aircraft is its ability to carry 100,000 pounds of freight on pallets, along with a full load of passengers.

One of the most vital statistics in the airline business is the load factor. This figure expresses the relationship between available seat miles and revenue passenger miles realized, i.e. the actual number of paying passengers on a given flight. The company anticipates the lowest cost per seat mile in the industry. Family’s philosophy is to eliminate no shows and over bookings while maintaining high load factors. The plan is to offer primarily one class of service (42 Office Class seats will be available per flight).