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Im not a a airprs. I d like he

queueig, siig arud, geig herded

he plae kwig wheher yuare gig be sa ex see wh

was yak he whle igh, r wh has

quesiable persal hygiee. the he

edless wai r yur case, ly r i behe las e rudle rud he carusel.

Eve i busiess r frs class, while is

a lile re civilised, yu sill have e

he lie, ad yu als have y whe he

schedule says s, whe yu wa g.Is hardly surprisig, he, ha privae

aviai is ejyig sehig a purple

Its no longer just celebrities, executives and multi-millionaires who use private jets:the whole industry is becoming more fexible and aordable, as Nick Kirby discovers

pach. As Gle Heaves, maagig

Direcr Syergy Aviai, a privaeaircra ad charer aagee

cpay, pis u: Whe yu ca

drive sraigh up he plae; bard 15

iues bere ake-; y whe yu

wa, he airpr yu wa; have heplae yursel, r be i he cpay

clleagues, rieds r aily; ake ay

luggage yu wa; ad ge a he

her ed a waiig car ad labrius cuss checks is wder

peple are geig ured he

beefs gig privae.

the beefs, as Heaves pis heu, are prey clear, bu a ajr e (a

by-prduc s he abve) is ie

saved. As Judih mre, maagig

Direcr Lile Blue, a privae aviai

ebers club says: oe y ldclleagues used say ha privae jes are

a ie achie: hey give yu ie back.Ad shes wrg. n ly d yu

sped less ie a he airpr, bu yigprivaely ca ge yu sraigh he airpr

yu eed wihu ay ie-csuig

rasers. I se cases i ca ge yu

clser yur desiai ha he aihubs as yu ca lad a airprs

available sadard jes because he

shrer ruways. As Peer Leia,maagig Direcr air axi service

Blik, says: We ca y re ha 600

airprs acrss Weser Eurpe ale all

yu eed is 3,000 ee ruway.tie is key i days busiess wrld.

Iagie ha ur busiess peple eed

ge r he Chael Islads Zurich r

a eeig ad back i he sae day.

Scheduled ighs r Jersey ake iipssible d his i e day, s

ly are yu gig have say

verigh, he likelihd is ha yu are

gig have g via Ld. S has

ur peple, ravellig scheduled (wih allha queueig ad rasers), sayig i a

hel ad he all hse ighs back? n

haks Ill hp a privae je, be herei less ha w hurs, have y eeig

ad y he. De.

Ad whas re, depedig he

privae igh yu ake, he cs ca be uch re ha scheduled ighs,

plus verigh say, plus eals ad s .

Bu well ge ha a lile laer.

Buy your ownS, i yu wa y privaely, wha are

he pis? As michael Rapley, maagigDirecr PRoAIR, a Jersey-based

cpay specialisig i aircra sales,

aagee ad charers, explais: Fr

hse wh have he ey, here isurigh r racial wership. Fr

idividual busiess ad persal use,buyig a blck hurs r bkig ighs

a ad hc basis are ppular.Fr hse idividuals ad cpaies

csiderig buyig heir w je, he

chice is saggerig, ad i akes sese

ask yursel a ew basic quesis bere

yu sar. Hw e are yu gig be

yig, hw ay passegers are yu

likely be carryig ad wha rage dyu wa he je have? Fr urbs

ad ligh jes up heavier jes, he prices

will vary r arud 2 illi up 30

illi r re depedig wheher

yu are buyig ew r used. Ad hehere are all he exras.

oce yu w he plae, explais

Gle Heaves, here is isurace,

cpliace ad safg yu eed crewaer all. the accuig side ca be

cplex, wih hadlig ees, airpr ees,

air rafc crl, uel ad s . Is

surprisig ha ay wers chse

use frs ha specialise i aircraaagee versee heir jes.

Wha ay peple igh realise is

ay idividuals r busiesses ha w

plaes allw he be charered byher frs ad idividuals a ad hc

basis, s hey ca recup se he cs.

Sharing the airo curse, r ay i s busiesses ad idividuals wh wish

use privae jes ge arud, he cs

urigh wership is always

jusifable: eiher hey are siply

gig use i eugh r because sharehlder pressure uecessary

busiess expeses. A ar re ardable

pi r ay is racial wership.

As he ae iplies, here yu buy araci a plae, guaraeeig yu a

uber hurs i he air depedig he size he raci yu buy. neJes

pieered he ccep racialwership, ad is currely he glbal

leader i his area wih he larges ad

s diverse ee ay siilar perar.

As Eily Willias, Direcr Sales aneJes Eurpe, explais: Fracial

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wership is grea r busiess leaders ad

idividuals wh eed y privaely bud ravel eugh jusiy he expese

a whle plae ad igh crew heir

w, ad hse wh eed access

uliple aircra a he sae ie.neJes Eurpe wers ca have a

share i a aircra sarig a 1/32d a

je (25 hurs a year), wih prices sarig

r $125,000 r a 25-hur share i a

ligh je. Ad, as Eily iplies, yu are resriced he plae ha yu ives

i, yu ca upgrade a larger je r

dwgrade a saller je i required.

Fracial wership des dead acie, hwever, ad ca vary

depedig he ype plae bu yu

are geerally lkig a a w year

iiu a he very leas.tha said, a large uber neJes

passegers acually buy re ha a basic

raci i a aircra ad i sill ces i

cheaper ha urigh wership. Wheyu buy a je, yure buyig 800 hurs

peial igh ie a year ad all he

assciaed aieace ad aageecss, which ca ru i illis

eurs, Eily explais. the averageneJes Eurpe cuser speds less ha

700,000 a year which is a very sall

prpri he cs purchasig a

whle je. this akes he serviceaccessible a wider audiece.

Its on the cardsI racial wership is a ardablepi, he bkig blcks ie

a airlie culd be a idea. Ideed, se

cpaies, such as neJes, er bh

prgraes i rder give clies rechice. the preise is a siple e: yu

buy a cerai uber hurs (say 50 a

a ie) a plae yur chice.

As michael Rapley explais: Whe

yu buy hurs, yu have a uprcie. Say yu buy 50 hurs i

advace, we have ake he ey

upr, ad ver he curse he ex

18 r 24 hs yu use i up. nrallywhe peple buy hurs hey ed base

i a regular ype igh hey kw

ha here are always gig be ur

passegers yig a regular rue. I heyare gig eed e plae e week

ad a diere plae he ex week,

he buyig blck hurs igh be

he righ pi r he.Ideed, his pi is wihu is

prbles. Yu ca be resriced yig

a se plae u a desigaed airpr,r isace, ad have pay re i yu

wa g a diere rue. Shuldhe aircra ecuer bad weaher, i

ay be rced diver r siply ake

lger ge is desiai which

ay well ce he hurs yurcard. Als, akig i accu he

sewha vlaile aure he airliebusiess i rece years, yu culd pay

yur cash up r ly r he cpay

g dw he pa. Ad i yu have

shelled u 125,000, yu are gig be a happy buy. tha said, buyig

blcks ie wrks r ay peple

because he ceraiy ha i gives

he, ad i ca wrk u cheaper habuyig a re ad hc basis.

Taxis and bargainsI igh be hard believe i, bu here is

a budge ed privae aviai yu

sill ge all he beefs yigprivaely, bu wihu ay upr

cie. Welce he wrld

he ad hc air-axi service.

the priciple culd be sipler.

these days we are used bkig aigh lie ad he headig i a

aer days, s why shuld privae

aviai be ay diere? As Peer

Leia a Blik says: We are sr heEasyJe privae jes. Yu ca g lie

r phe us up ad bk a igh re place aher a a price ha is

raspare. thugh has where hesiilariy eds as yu ge he plae

yursel ad p qualiy persal service.

the abiliy siply bk a privae

igh a aer days r eve hurs bere yu eed y wihu havig a

You board 15 minutes before take-off, have the plane to yourself, you can

take any luggage you want and you get off at the other end to a waiting car

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upr facial cie is prvig

very ppular r ay busiess peple

ad idividuals. As Syergys GleHeaves pis u: Arud 90 per ce

ur charers are ad hc.

S wha ca yu expec pay?

Iagie yu have a eeig i Zurich a2p 7 Deceber a quick search

e prviders websie gives e a privae

igh Zurich 7 Deceber 2010 r a

al 5,399 r ur peple. the sae

ur peple ca y direc wih Blue Isladr 1,232 bu ha eas arrivig

he 6h ad yig back he 8h (s yu

ca add i hel say r ur peple r

w ighs plus expeses, ad here isly e igh each day). A search

Expedia gives e re ighs chse

r bu he cheapes is 1,258 per

pers ad ha requires a verighsay. Adiedly is a bi a dw ad

diry exaple, bu i akes he pi.

Ad he u des ed here yu

ca ge bucke prices se privae

ighs, by lkig r epy leg rrepsiiig ighs. Iagie El Jh

is swaig arud his hel i Caes

ad has ge back Ld a se

pi i he uure w his plae iscurrely a Farbrugh, s i has be

w dw Caes i ie r his

jurey. o curse, his eas he plae isgig be epy r ha rip, s se

perars will er bargai prices i.

A quick lk a he Blik websie ad

here is a igh r Geeva nice 17 nveber a 15.30 ( lae r yu

bk i w) r 150. Yes, yu read ha

righ yu culd have a privae je r

150, prvidig yu ca y a he se ie.

Frequent fyersS yig privaely is lger he sle

preserve uli-gazilliaires, yu jus

have wrk u which apprach is bes

r yu, ad i i really is bes r yu. AsEily Willias says: Fr yers r wh

ie, privacy, cr ad cveiece

are criical, privae aviai services

ay be jusifable. Is ipra

evaluae yur eeds ad chse he sapprpriae pi.

Aher decisi is wheher d yur

busiess hrugh a perar r a brker.

Se clies preer have a direcrelaiship wih a perar, says

Jaes Leach, Grup markeig maager

a Air Charer Service, a privae aviai

brker. Whereas se chse use abrker because he chice hey have

available. o curse, here are hse ha

wrk hrugh bh.Hwever yu chse y privaely, i

akes sese d yur research frs

leas because he pssibiliy ha

aviai cpaies culd g bus, as has

happeed i he pas. I yu are gig par wih a large au ey, yu

have a righ dead assuraces (as

uch as is pssible) ha a fr is

facially sable. Aleraively, checkhw well a perar is backed neJes,

r isace, has he igh Warre

Bues Berkshire Hahaway behid i.

All ha said, i sees ha he arke is he verge akig . may peple

wuld eve have csidered privae

jes bere heyre see as exravaga

ad peple auaically hik is gig

be very expesive, says Judih mre.Bu re are begiig realise ha i

is prhibiively expesive, ad ha i

ca als save he a l ie.

S ex ie yure hikig headig majrca r he week ad

wa avid he usual airpr chas,

hik privae.n

Nick kirby s Edto-n-chef

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Many people wouldnt even consider private jets before, but more are

realising that it is not prohibitively expensive, and that it can save them time

Charles Clarke i n indpndnt non-

xcutiv dicto wo njoy t digt o

pivt vition mo o pon tn buin

figt. h wt to y bout gtting

wy om t typic ipot xpinc.

I fy pivty pimiy o oidy.

My vouit xmp i tt w, miy,

njoy iing nd w i going to Vbi. T

tdition wy o gtting t w uuy

to fy to Gtwic nd tn on to Gnv nd

tn ndu t-nd---ou tn

by coc to Vbi. so you v to commit

t wo o dy. You coud bbvit it bit

i you mngd to gt on on o t cdud

figt tt go om Jy dicty to Gnv,

o on o t pci ct in t iing

Why I fy privately

on, but tt not wy poib o

convnint owing to dmnd, figt tim

nd qunci.

so w dcidd w woud go pivty. W fy

om Jy to m ipot cd sion. T

figt t 90 minut nd tn it bout

45-minut txi id to t ot o omting

tt pviouy coud t wo dy nd

invovd ugging vy uggg ound,

o uddn bcom omting tt you do

by mid-moning.

Typicy t woud b ou o u, nd t

biity to iv t t ipot 15 minut bo

w v nd v ou tu wit u nd b

t t ct witin t ou i gt.

I dmit it not cp, but you cn buid

c o it wn t two o mo o you

tying to gt t o pc tt int iy ccd

by dict figt om cdud ci. lt m

t, toug, it jut on componnt o

tv. Id nv dm o fying pivty om

Jy to Gtwic, nd Iv jut got bc om

singpo nd woudnt dm o uing

nyting ot tn cdud ci.

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