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