A Guide To Private Jet Ownership

Whether you’re hopping around Europe on business, travelling to an important meeting overseas, or taking a private family vacation, having an aircraft ready and waiting to transport you can take the stress and frustration out of your journey. You will avoid the inconvenience of queues and checks at big airports and enjoy the privacy and productivity that comes with using your own private jet. Fractional ownership is a newer way to enjoy all these benefits without sacrificing quality or safety.

When it comes to travelling for business or pleasure, you have four basic options. You can fly with a major airline service; you can rent every kind of aircraft, from a jet charter to a helicopter charter; you can buy your own plane and hire a pilot to be on stand-by; or you can join a fractional aircraft ownership company and use an aircraft from its fleet whenever necessary.

Your costs are determined by the number of hours of flying time you wish to use. Such a company can sit down with you, analyse your data, and map out your current flying needs. Then you can purchase flight time with the company according to those needs, so that you only pay for the time you are using.
Everyone who has flown is well aware of the hassles that big airports offer. With the increased safety issues provoked by 9/11, it has become necessary to schedule extra hours of waiting time for security purposes. Sitting on the runway for even more hours could cause you to miss your important meeting. When it comes to a business jet charter, you will be able to avoid time-wasting baggage checks, delays and searches.

While owning your own private jet may sound glamorous, the initial purchase, maintenance, availability, fuel, insurance, and crewing costs can become prohibitive. Fundamentally, you will be paying whether you are flying or not. Fractional jet charters make it possible to hire a helicopter charter, a small jet charter, or even a bigger aircraft, with the cost in direct proportion to distance and size.

Fractional private jet ownership has many advantages over these other possibilities. There is no wasted money during downtime, and for less than the cost of a single aircraft you can enjoy the use of an entire fleet, from small 7-passenger jets for short European connections to 14-passenger Gulfstreams for transatlantic journeys. The economy, flexibility, and privacy that are assured through shared private jet ownership can make this a smart choice for the frequent traveller.

By: Matthew A Johnson

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