Private Jet Charter Europe Prices

So you can get a private airplane for less money. Last year, ONE-WAY DISCOUNTS Air Partner, a charter brokers headquartered in London, launched empty sectors to fill so-called empty leg (when the airplane is flying back to basis or between job ) at reduced prices.

Travellers can see which tickets are available on-line, but must check prices. Others like JetSuite, other brokerage and private jet companies, also provide empty seats for individuals, so it's worth looking around. Empty runs are a little risky, though. When the private jet owner's arrangement changes (e.g. the customer they wanted to see in Miami cancelled at the last minute), you're out of luck. What's more, you can't make it.

Mike Lewis, CEO of a Los Angeles-based real estate firm, last August won one of JetSuite's $499 Facebook dealerships for himself and his girlfriend for an empty last leg on a four-person Tucson-airplane. There were only six an hour between booking the flights and taking off.

However, he said, the transaction was so good - at about the same price as he spent on flying back with US Airways on the bus - with no connection, no safety issues and no loss of wait times at the airports that he hoped to make similar deals in the near term. For travellers who can't find an empty foot to keep to their timetable, alternative ways for private jet transport are opening up through the use of online search engines.

For example, last months JetSuite launched SuiteShare, which allows a client to charter a four-person plane and then provide places not needed via Facebook(facebook.com/jetsuiteair). Every times another client participates in your trip, the fare everyone is paying drops, although JetSuite does a little more. Although this isn't less expensive than just purchasing a first-class San Francisco seat (such tickets cost about $285 according to a recent on-line search), if a four member joined, the member who chartered the boat could travel free.

in Smyrna, Tenn. launched an on-line tool in February that uses softwares to help charter airlines fill seating positions and help travellers reduce cost by helping them shareplanes. 57 private aeroplane owners have already registered and offer services with around 400 aeroplanes.

Travellers sign up on the website, socialflights.com, and posts news to on-line groups named Tribes traveling in the same town or sharing similar interests - for example, a soccer fan who wants to join their squad for the Super Bowl. When enough passengers want to go to the same place at the same moment, each person just has to pay for their seats.

At the beginning of this year, for example, social flights sent 91 Mississippi State supporters on three turbo-prop aircraft with 30 passengers from Jackson, Miss. for the Gator Bowl for $395 each roundtrip - about $95 less than the then applicable price for a bus driver on a scheduled service, the airline said.

and $300 between Teterboro, N.J. and Big Flats, N.Y. USE A BOOKER to FIND YOU THE BEST DEAL, if you don't have the amount of free leg searching or the tendency to organise your own charter flights on-line, you can commission an agent to do this for you.

Private jet agents can act as your agents for a fee to obtain offers for the desired flights from the jet company they have audited and agree the best fare. "When something happens to your kid or your good health and you can't get to the airport, you need a serious realtor who can be your lawyer," said Chet Dudzik Jr., JetWay Private Air Chairman.

"Provided this real estate agency or agency has a good relation with the charterer, there is a good chance that you can quit. Although private aviation may cost more than you want to afford, if you consider all the problems of business aviation you can prevent - from long safety routes to crowded planes to long journeys to large international destinations - some travellers may find the upturn worthwhile.

"Katrina Garnett, creator of mylittleswans.com, a high-end tour site that works with Lufthansa Private Jet, a trademark of the airline in Europe, for connection services in Europe. To be able to just show up at the desired moment at the airports, "you never feel like you're part of the cattle," she said.

SECURITY NUMBER CHECKING Like airlines, charter companies must comply with Federal Aviation Regulations. However, it is a good suggestion to verify the security data of the private jet operator you wish to fly with. Whilst the number of private charterers participating in accident events has fallen in recent years, the number of accident events occurring outside the regular flight stream has increased.

In order to make sure that the airplane and the crews you receive are up to date, request an Argus TripCHEQ or Wyvern PASS certificate provided by the two major private jet security agencies - Argus International Inc. and Wyvern Consulting Ltd. - Auditing charter airlines and conducting ground inspections of crews to make sure pilot have the required number of flight hour for each particular airplane model.

It should be possible for either your brokers or the private jet operator itself (if you book directly) to do so.