| Is there more a valuable asset than your time? With | | | | 60" flat screen. Otherwise, take a siesta on your |
| check-in, security hold-ups, delayed take-off and | | | | Boeing Business Jet's queen size bed, take a shower, |
| taxiing times, and baggage claims, a 4 hour | | | | and arrive refreshed and ready for a night of |
| commercial flight could take 75 minutes on a private | | | | cocktails under the jet black island skies. Stop fooling |
| jet. Drive right on the tarmac and get out of the | | | | your stomach with stale pretzels you get served on |
| Maybach 57 S a few steps away from the Learjet's | | | | a commercial flight. Have a five-course meal catered |
| cabin door. While a Boeing 747 is taxied to its runway | | | | on your Bombardier Global 5000 corporate jet. Your |
| in a single file behind a dozen other aircraft, you'll | | | | aviation specialist can have your charter flight catered |
| already be 50,000 ft in the sky on a conference call | | | | in accordance with any special cravings or dietary |
| planning the day's order of business. How centered | | | | needs. Private jet charter flights are also more secure |
| and ready for business will you be worrying about | | | | since the only other passengers on your flight are |
| luggage that left on a previous flight which was too | | | | friends, associates, and colleagues with whom you |
| booked for you to board? Focus on resolving your | | | | wish to travel. There's no need for an air marshal to |
| company's obstacles by brainstorming with a | | | | monitor any strangers that can make your flight |
| colleague in your chartered jet's cabin lounge flying to | | | | unpleasant. In terms of safety, pilots and aircraft |
| a regional meeting. Instead of flying into JFK, in | | | | employed by private jet charter are certified and |
| Queens, New York, and having to work your way | | | | rated by the FAA. Private aircraft must meet safety |
| out of the bumper to bumper Van Wyck traffic to | | | | standards set by Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR) |
| get to the city, touchdown at Teterboro, New | | | | Parts 135 or 91. Want to get started? You don't |
| Jersey, and be driven into Manhattan for your 10 AM | | | | have to own a private jet to fly like you do. Private |
| meeting on time. In the U.S., you've got over 5,000 | | | | jet charter open-fleet brokers have access to |
| airports from which to land or take off on a private | | | | thousands of jets, helicopters, cargo airplanes, and |
| jet; you could visit two, or more destinations on the | | | | turboprops that can transport you and/or your cargo |
| same day on a private jet instead of flying | | | | in the exclusive comfort, security, and speed private |
| commercially to one destination, routed through 500 | | | | jet travel affords. Private jet charters eliminate the |
| congested commercial airports, 30 of which - the | | | | need to have the millions required to buy a jet. You |
| day-loser hubs - work 75% of all commercial flights. | | | | pay for your charter flights on a per-trip basis. If you |
| Your aviation specialist will help you choose a plane | | | | don't fly frequently, or you don't have to always fly |
| that has the range to take you where you want to | | | | privately, there's no need to have a plane rusting in a |
| go nonstop. Even if you have to refuel at a | | | | hanger being charged rent. Flying by private jet |
| commercial airport, private jet passengers are | | | | charter eliminates the full cost of maintenance, |
| reserved a General Aviation (GA) lounge where you | | | | certification, and FAA user fees associated with |
| could see how your stock portfolio is doing online, | | | | owning a private jet. Fractional programs that require |
| while sipping a complimentary latte and chewing on a | | | | you to buy a piece of a jet won't let you fly 10 |
| freshly baked croissant. Players do not hustle to | | | | people if you own a fractional share of a Learjet 45 |
| make connecting flights or layovers. The private jet | | | | that holds six people. Private jet charter brokers |
| flies on your schedule. You say you got stuck in | | | | have access to the heavy jet that'll fly those 10 |
| traffic making it to the fixed based operator - private | | | | passengers to and from any place you demand. |
| jet airport? Your plane will wait until you are good | | | | Further, fractional programs will use a broker to |
| and ready to board. Private jet travelers don't have | | | | charter a jet if your jet is unavailable because |
| to wait hours or sleep in an airport terminal to await | | | | another owner is using it. There are no five-year |
| the next flight. Flying to your villa in Turks and Caicos | | | | fractional purchase rigid commitments to one jet |
| you could be in your aircraft's lounge, running LT for | | | | when flying by private jet charter. |
| a touchdown, while playing Madden '07 on the cabin's | | | | |