This Private Airline Club Promises Ridiculously Cheap First Class Flights

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A new service is preparing to launch flights next year, with one-way tickets available starting at $280.

When AURA launches next year, it hopes to combine “the luxury and convenience of a private jet with the affordability and reliability of an airline.”

AURA will operate out of small private airports in major U.S. cities, offering flights on CRJ700 Bombardier regional jets. Because private jet passengers don’t need to deal with the hassles of the typical airport experience, the company says passengers would only need to arrive at the hangar 20 minutes before takeoff.

There will be 29 seats on each plane across two classes of service, “FIRST” and “WAVE.” FIRST is not actually first class — these passengers are the main cabin. Each seat will have 44 inches of seat pitch, offering the most legroom in any domestic first class, according to AURA. (For the sake of comparison, major airlines' first class on domestic flights offers anywhere from 37- to 42-inch seat pitch, while a typical economy seat has 30 inches.) Premium offerings are the eight WAVE seats. The custom Swiss-designed zero-gravity AÏANAWAVE seats can lie completely flat and were designed with input from sleep psychologists and aero-medical scientists.

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Although at first glance, the interior may look like a typical private jet, AURA says the cabin will be immersive. OLED displays turn the cabin walls and ceiling into starry night skies or vibrant sunsets. Passengers will be able to don a VR headset linked to a 360-degree camera on top of the aircraft. When passengers enter VR, they will be able to experience their flight as if they were sitting atop the plane. There’s also complimentary Wi-Fi on all flights and an iPad Pro available at each seat.

AURA is trying to distinguish itself with its in-flight meal offerings. FIRST passengers can dine on tapas from around the world. WAVE passengers get a step up. About 24 hours before departure, passengers can choose a cut of beef, lamb, chicken, duck or fish from the “MEATLOCKER.” An onboard chef will cook the meat sous vide to your liking. Both classes can order from a fresh sushi and sashimi menu.

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AURA will operate flights between New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, Atlanta and Denver. During events like Sundance, SXSW, Coachella and Art Basel, the airline will charter additional flights. Seasonal flights to the mountains of Aspen or beaches of the Hamptons will also be available.

The airline is offering a membership program. For $100 per month, passengers can become “Keyholders” which allows access to lower price points on all flights (it works out to about half-off all routes).

AURA is set to take flight in 2019. Prices start at $280 for a one-way between Atlanta and Chicago for Keyholders. Non-Keyholders can get tickets starting at $560.

Save 50% On Private Jet Charter Empty Legs Listed Nationwide By New Flight Charters

All types of empty leg charters - business turboprops through long range jets - available throughout the U.S.

 
 New Flight Charters announced today that it is making available over 150 private jet charter empty legs.
 

These empty legs are available across the country, and are created when an aircraft needs to move for one reason or another, such as to pick up its owner, or returning home from a factory servicing, or returning to base after a charter flight.
 

This need to move the aircraft can result in low point-to-point pricing, and can be the absolute best values in private jet charter.
 

For example, a typical empty leg can be booked at around 50% the cost of a regular jet charter. 

Currently, a Los Angeles to Las Vegas empty leg in a Beechjet 400A seating 8, lists at $2,900. While, a normal charter rate for this routing is around $6,000.

Click to view the complete list of available empty legs.
 

"The most common mis-perception is that empty legs are available between only those cities or airports listed," said Rick Colson, President of New Flight Charters.

"Empty legs are usually listed as between two certain airports or cities because this is actually the departing and arrival points the aircraft is going, "he added.

"However, a charter can be flown anywhere along that very general route and direction. For example with a empty leg listed from Scottsdale, AZ to Philadelphia, PA, the aircraft can fly a charter from Los Angeles to New York at a discounted one-way price," said Colson.
 

One-way charters may have a special cancellation clause because of their price advantage and their need to arrive at the other end.
 

The aircraft may have a charter booked after the current one-way, which is dependent on it being in that vicinity.
 

Generally speaking floating fleet aircraft have a standard cancellation policy and true empty leg charters are non-cancelable upon booking.
 

About New Flight Charters

Since 2004 New Flight Charters has arranged private domestic and international flights with top-rated operator aircraft at leading jet charter quotes, along with its Best Price Guarantee, industry empty legs list, and a perfect safety history.  Extensive client and industry reviews are available on the New Flight Charters website.

As a registered U.S. government contractor, and named to the Inc. 500 fastest growing list four consecutive years, the jet charter company serves a wide variety of clientele including Fortune 500 companies, government heads of state, presidential campaigns, entertainment icons, private families and entrepreneurs.
 

For charter quotes, information or the latest updates, call (800) 732-1653 or visit NewFlightCharters.com nationwide or new specialty location Denver Jet Charter or Colorado Empty Legs for Denver, Aspen and other Colorado private jet charters.
 

New Twitter Application Tweets Prices For Private Jet Charter Flights

Tweet your private jet itinerary to #libertyjetquote and get a tweet back with pricing for your trip

 Liberty Jet Management announced today the launch of new Proprietary technology which listens for

 tweets at the hashtag #libertyjetquote and tweets back pricing for any private jet itinerary automatically.

"Curious how much it costs to take a private jet for your next trip?" says Nathan McKelvey, President

 of Jet Membership at Liberty Jet. "Now you can simply tweet your itinerary and within minutes we will

 send you back a pricing estimate. There's no need to download, install or learn how to use an app. All

 you have to do is tweet where you would like to depart from, where you are going, when and a preferred

 jet and our technology will figure out the rest."

The application is built on Liberty Jet's recently launched platform, JetFinder which is a proprietary

 technology developed by Liberty Jet and has the ability to understand natural language such as

 "departing tomorrow", "Saturday" or "return Sunday" which reduces the amount of time it takes for

 customers to learn how to use the technology. "Customers can also sign up to receive automated 

alerts when discounted empty leg flights are available for a specific route or post their trip to an 

auction where they can receive bids from jet providers for their trip." Says Mr. McKelvey "The

 technology takes the guesswork out of finding a market rate for a private jet trip. We track thousands

 of jets all over the World and can identify the best options for a clients' needs in minutes.

" Says Mr. McKelvey "We've developed a platform which speeds up the process which typically

 takes hours to just a few minutes."

Customers can find instructions on how to use the technology at:

 http://www.libertyjet.com/private-jet-quotes-on-twitter.html  or post their trips directly on

 the Website at: http://www.libertyjet.com/.

Liberty Jet Management

Liberty Jet Management is an ARG/US Platinum rated, FAA Part 135 Certified Air Carrier with

 a Worldwide operating certificate. Liberty Jet has offices in Chicago, Boca Raton, Philadelphia

 and Corporate headquarters in Ronkonkoma, NY with a fleet of managed private jets ranging from

 small cabin Citations to the large cabin Global Express capable of flying to Europe and Asia.

Liberty Jet Management provides a full range of services including private jet cards and membership,

 block charter, private jet management, maintenance, hangar and aircraft sales.

Private Jet Travel For The Simply Very Rich Takes Off With Two Startups

Two startups are betting that more of the very wealthy set want totravel like the megawealthy do: in private jets. The companies – JetSmarter and Beacon — are both announcing this week that they have raised money from investors. JetSmarter is already offering flights between New York and Miami as well as between San Francisco and Los Angeles and elsewhere. Beacon aims to start offering as many as 18 flights a day between New York and Boston starting in mid-September.

“Our overall goal is to make all air travel private,” predicts Sergey Petrossov, founder of JetSmarter. Not this year, of course. JetSmarter is announcing on July 23 that it raised $20 million from investors who include celebrities it wouldn’t name, members of the Saudi royal family. and family offices “including top c-level executives from companies such as Goldman Sachs and Twitter TWTR -1.3%.” Petrossov founded JetSmarter in 2012. He won’t say how many customers the company has; instead he says, “This year we intend to occupy 10,000 flights.” JetSmarter doesn’t own any jets; it pre-purchases a certain amount of inventory on jets that are commercially registered. For $9,000 a year –the minimum commitment — customers can fly as much as they want. Petrossov says the company has done next to no marketing and most of its customers so far have come via word of mouth.

"At the forefront of this new era in travel, we believe that JetSmarter’s proprietary services and offerings have, and will continue to revolutionize the industry,” Prince Abdullah bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, a member of the Saudi royal family and an investor in JetSmarter, said in a statement from the company.

JetSmarter’s app for booking private jet travel.

Beacon will require a minimum 3-month commitment and a fee of $2,000 a month for unlimited flights between New York’s Westchester Airport and Boston Logan Airport. Members who join before August 1 will not have to pay an additional $1,000 initiation fee. The company announced on July 22 that it raised $7.5 million in Series A funding from Romulus Capital, MiVentures and Western Technologies Investment. Beacon cofounder Wade Eyerly, who cofounded a similar outfit called Surf Air in California in 2013, says Beacon has contracted with a group called Dynamic Aviation to operate the flights. That’s one big difference from Surf Air, which owns its own aircraft, says Eyerly.

Eyerly’s goal is to get people more quickly and comfortably between New York and Boston — in about an hour and a half from midtown Manhattan to downtown Boston, figuring a 40 minute drive up to Westchester Airport and a 40 minute flight time. That’s significantly shorter than the 3 1/2 hours it takes on the train and the 3 to 4 hours door to door it takes to fly commercially between New York and Boston, says Eyerly. “You’re buying back time,” he says. “We take the pain out of the chore you have to do.”

Beacon will offer flights on executive aircraft starting in September. (Photo courtesy of Beacon)

Eyerly predicts  –based in part on sign-ups so far — that his customer base will be age 35-65, 60% male, with an average income of $400,000 to $500,000 a year. “We know that they like cycling, wine and food,” he adds.

JetSmarter and Beacon join a number of other companies that have delved into private jet travel for the mass affluent, including Victor, Ubair and Jetsuite. For customers with plenty of funds and little time, the new services have a definite appeal.

It’s hard to imagine a future in which all air travel takes place on private jets. But it’s clearly a growing segment.

By @KerryDolan , www.forbes.com

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Golf Around The World By Private Jet

Imagine that you’re standing at the seventh tee on the Greg Norman–designed Nirwana Bali Golf Club. In the distance stretches a perfectly manicured, welcoming green backed by lush forest, foamy breakers and an island temple. You catch the scent of jasmine in the air as you begin your backswing, strike the ball and watch it sail over the water and onto the green. Now we’d be lying if we told you that Old Tom Morris pictured that someday golfers would be flying around the world on a private jet, playing a dozen stunning and challenging courses on five continents in three weeks, all without once braving that chilly Scottish rain. He wouldn’t have been able to imagine it…but we think he would approve. So please join us on this unforgettable journey. Whether you choose to golf every day, take in a few of the sights, or are along for the fantastic tours, this Golf Around the World journey is sure to be the experience of a lifetime.

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50% Of Jet Charters In The World Are Not Approved By FAA. JetCharters.com Introduces Additional Safety Ratings.

Illegal charters not approved by FAA put unsuspecting consumers at high safety risk

JetCharters.com, the worldwide air charter marketplace, has introduced new standards to increase safety and satisfaction for private aviation travelers in an attempt to combat the darker side of the private aviation industry: illegal charters. Illegal or grey aircraft charters make up approximately half of all private jet charters around the world.

"Illegal charters put the customer at a high risk," said Robert Hart, president of JetCharters.com, the worldwide air charter marketplace. "In the case of an incident or accident, owner violations invalidate insurance policies, leaving passengers vulnerable and unprotected."

Illegal charters are deemed such because they lack an FAA-approved Aircraft Operating Certificate (AOC). The main cause of illegal charters is aircraft owners seeking to cover high costs associated with aircraft ownership.

General aviation pilots with valid AOCs are subject to regular flight reviews, performance audits, and various flight time requirements. Private aircraft owners are not required to maintain the same standards as those with valid AOCs, thus these flights do not adhere to operational safety standards set forth by governing authorities

To minimize the risk of booking illegal charters, private aviation passengers should follow these simple tips:

• Have common sense – Extremely low prices are a warning sign of a possible illegal charter situation. Legitimate charter operators with proper AOCs carry high operating costs. 
• Don't be afraid to ask questions – Legitimate operators or brokers should be happy to provide certificate numbers and tail number verification, unlike illegal operators or brokers who have something to hide.
• Book flights through a trusted site such as JetCharters.com – JetCharters.com works with an elite group of air charter operators who have been vetted and selected based on their safety and quality standards. Travelers can book with confidence that they are dealing with the best in the industry.

According to Hart, transparency is paramount to putting an end to illegal charters. One way JetCharters.com offers such transparency is by promoting safety ratings through a partnership with ARGUS International, which provides the aviation marketplace with information needed to manage risk.

Another way that JetCharters.com has demonstrated commitment to aboveboard practices is its recent alignment with The Air Charter Safety Foundation or ACSF. Through risk management programs, the adoption of a common industry audit standard and other methods, ACSF seeks to enable on-demand charter providers to achieve the highest levels of safety in the aviation industry.

For more information about booking your next flight or to learn more about safety standards in private aviation, visit www.jetcharters.com.