How I subsidise, sometimes profit
I bought a 15 seat minibus (€4,000). I should have bought a 9 seater vehicle instead (around €2,000) and saved the trouble of getting the bus licence.
I then arrange ab-initio students to take their first lessons with flying schools around my country.
"Do you mind if I bus lots of customers to your business" has always been my preferred introduction to flying schools ;-)
I then use sites like insta, facebook events, meetup and eventbrite to arrange intro to Flying days.
If you then search the forums here you'll find my previous thread asking for advice on how to run these events properly , with safety being paramount.
I charge €20 per person for transport and include the cost of the 30 min flight in the ticket price (€99).
We all get a nice day out in the airfield clubhouse , drinking coffee's and chatting about aviation , while the CFI takes the pax in sets of two for their lesson.
For every x amount of pax , I receive flight time with the club 2 seater. Win - Win.
I hope this helps, happy to answer any questions.
Fionn