Articles tagged “private jets”

Any luxury industry experiencing an uptick in new, affluent young customers has a right to be bullish about growth, but it is a combination of logistics, customer service and branding that will eventually set the winners apart from the other players.

A private jet vacation is a convenient way for the luxury traveler who has seen it all to experience an array of diverse destinations during a single trip.

Private Jet service as a complement to VIP commercial flights is not a new concept, but what makes this unique is Etihad's choice of Victor, which has a strong network of operator partners and uses a booking app that is similar to a well-know ride sharing app.

With private jet services, the question remains whether there's a market big enough to match the startups' ambitions.

There is an opening for moderately priced and nonstop private jet services for business travelers in cities that the larger airlines have abandoned.

Things are looking bleak for private jet company Avantair and its fractional owners. The restructuring would have to be earth-shaking to turn this into a viable operation.

The number of startups tackling this problem now may be disproportionate to the number of travelers looking to take a private jet, and those that can actually pay several thousand to share one.

This shift away from airline-driven development and towards the private jet industry could be the kick the R&D guys need to get the project moving. We'll know for sure in, say, twelve years.

The startup’s biggest challenge will be acquiring flyers that are willing to put down $7,000 on a domestic round-trip flight for a private jet to also be okay with sharing that “private” flight.