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Affluent Travelers Are Ditching Business Class for Business Jets
With a rise in “semiprivate” carriers, new booking tech, and commercial airline partnerships, it’s never been easier to fly private.
Private aviation’s first post-Covid boom mainly included leisure travelers who transitioned away from commercial airlines during the pandemic for reasons of health, explains George Mattson, CEO of Wheels Up. According to aircraft charter specialist Chapman Freeborn, harder-to-reach destinations like Scotland’s Hebrides, and the French and Italian islands of Corsica and Ischia, are trending this summer, alongside perennial favorites like the Hamptons and Ibiza. A handful of start-ups are vying to become “the Uber of private jet travel,” such as Kinectair, which offers real-time pricing and route search features, without charging membership fees.
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