Eight Private Jet Operators Demonstrate World-Class Quality of Customer Service
Jets.com today announced that it has awarded eight private air operators its Circle of Excellence, an award for those operators who achieved a perfect score on customer service, during five or more Jets.com flights over the past six months (June–December, 2006), as rated by Jets.com’s customers, themselves.
Circle of Excellence winners include:
- Aviation Consultants, Inc. of San Luis Obispo, CA
- Fair Wind Air Charter of Stuart, FL
- Flightworks, Inc. of Kennesaw, GA
- Liberty Jet Management Corp. of Oyster Bay, NY
- Northern Illinois Flight Center, Inc. of The Lake in the Hills, IL
- Scott Richard Aviation Services of Allentown, PA
- The Air Group, of Van Nuys, CA
- XO Jet of McClellan, CA
“Each time an air operator receives a perfect customer service rating from a Jets.com customer, it reflects very positively on us. Out of 167 Legfind.com operators, these eight have achieved a new level of professionalism," said Jets.com CEO Nathan McKelvey. “We want to thank them for their terrific customer support by presenting them with our Circle of Excellence award. Now, when other Legfind operators need the services of another to fulfill an overload trip request, they can measure the value of that operator not only in terms of his safety record, but also by the customer generated ratings for his quality of service. We congratulate and welcome all the new Circle of Excellence members.”
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Private Jet Flight Time as a Valentine Gift
Especially for Valentine’s Day, Blue Star Jets, the leading private aviation company in the United States, has created a convenient and affordable way to give the gift of private jet travel to the one you love. The Valentine’s Day Gift Card allows for the privilege of flying on a private jet, without the hassles of fractional ownership. Blue Star Jets’ exclusive Valentine’s Day gift card can be used towards any flight on a light, medium, or heavy jet, turbo prop, or helicopter to any destination in the world. The prepaid gift card can be purchased in denominations of $10,000, $25,000 and $50,000. “To whisk your valentine away on a private jet is one of the most romantic gifts in the world,” said Todd Rome, President and Founder of Blue Star Jets. “With the Valentine’s Day Gift Card, Blue Star Jets makes that fantasy a reality.”
Valentine’s Day Gift Card holders receive the same benefits as Blue Star Jets SkyCard holders, including:
•Guaranteed availability in four hours or less, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year •Choice of over 4,000 premium light, medium, or heavy executive jets •Gourmet catering and luxury ground transportation •Access to 5,000 airports nationwide •Use of the world’s first Air Salon, featuring world renowned plastic surgeon Dr. Paul Lorenc, M.D. F.A.C.A, celebrity nutritionist Oz Garcia, Ph.D, and famed stylist Edward Tricomi of The Warren-Tricomi Salon
“The Valentine’s Day Gift Card is a great introduction into private jet travel and the convenience that it offers,” said Mr. Rome. “The purchase of the gift card also provides a unique opportunity to experience the benefits of the Blue Star Jets SkyCard.”
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Lufthansa Private Jet flights up 13 per cent
Lufthansa Private Jet, the exclusive service for individual and flexible air travel, has written another chapter in its success story, posting a 13 per cent increase in the number of flights operated last year.
Up to 10 private aircraft were booked daily during the year.
The highest demand, accounting for about 60 per cent of the total, came from point-to-point connections to about 1,000 destinations in Europe and Russia.
The number of private jet flights offered in combination with long-haul services through the Frankfurt, Munich and Zurich hubs has also increased significantly since mid-2006.
Customer satisfaction, scoring over 90 per cent, shows how positively customers are responding to the Lufthansa Private Jet service, the airline said.
"We are delighted that our innovative product has become so firmly established in the market so soon after its launch. Lufthansa Private Jet, offering customers à la carte mobility, has meantime become a firm fixture in our full-service strategy," Thierry Antinori, executive vice president marketing and sales at Lufthansa Passenger Airlines, said.
"Our customers appreciate especially the opportunity of enjoying the exclusive Lufthansa first class amenities on the Private Jet service and making their journey even more comfortable."
Lufthansa said that the agreement with NetJets, the private jet provider, is being extended for a further five-year term and cooperation intensified.
More jets will be on call, daily, in order to accommodate increased demand for the Lufthansa Private Jet service and in future, the Falcon 2000, which seats up to 10 passengers in comfort, will also be available to customers daily, Lufthansa added. Lufthansa Private Jet bookings can be made on the dedicated hotline +49 (0) 18 02 99 33 00 for Germany and the rest of Europe, and on 0888 261 0814 for the US and Canada.
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OneSky Jets Acquires Charter Jet Broker, LLC
OneSky Jets has acquired Fort Lauderdale-based Charter Jet Broker, LLC, and David Lovely, its founder, will become Vice President, Marketing and Business Development, announced Greg Johnson, CEO and co-founder of OneSky Jets.
"David Lovely's experience will help continue our momentum by creating partnerships and effective marketing that highlight our one-of-a-kind functionality and focus on service," said Johnson. "We are excited to have him join our team after building Charter Jet Broker as a key source for matching clients with private aircraft."
OneSky Jets will maintain the Fort Lauderdale offices of Charter Jet Broker LLC as its Florida location, and effective immediately, Charter Jet Broker customers will start booking through OneSky. Its 800 numbers and website will be redirected to OneSky.
Prior to starting Charter Jet Broker, Lovely was a co-founder of Performance Media Group, operators of ModernAgent.com, the world's largest travel agent website. Lovely's previous experience includes marketing for Carl Icahn's travel businesses, such as Lowestfare.com, Maupintour and the Stratosphere Hotel Casino. Additionally, he was president of EasyVacations.com, and held various marketing positions at Certified Vacations and Cayman Airways.
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10 hours of private jet travel for free
Marquis Jet Card for you and six guests for ten hours of private jet travel with all the luxuries included is the Grand Prise of Microsoft Office Live
"I'm Going Places" Sweepstakes.
All hours will be flown on NetJets Aviation under Part 135 certificate.
Contest is open to legal residents of the 50 United States (D.C.) 18 years or older only.
Private jet built for two for mile-high wannabes
Fancy getting intimate at high altitude, but don't like the idea of doing it in a toilet cubicle or fumbling under a blanket in between trolley services? A new company is to offer passengers the chance to join the mile-high club in style - and privacy - on a private jet built for two.
The flights will launch from an airfield in Gloucestershire on a twin-engined Piper Aztec ('renowned for its long endurance and stable handling'). After being served champagne and strawberries, couples will board their private love jet which will take them to an altitude of 5,280 feet where they can secure club membership. Prices start from £250 for a 'Quickie' (30 minutes), and go up to £750 for a 'VIP' (an impressive 90 minutes). Discretion is promised and at the end you get a certificate. The service is due to start later this year, so keep checking www.milehighflights.co.uk for more details.
Similar services already operate in America. According to pilot Bob Smith of Mile High Atlanta, which operates out of Georgia, flights are popular with all age groups, though not everyone manages to rise to the occasion. 'We had one man who came with his girlfriend, a nervous flyer, but within a few minutes of take-off she had tapped me on the shoulder and said she was too scared and wanted to go back down again. The following week he turned up with another girl!'
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Private jet traffic to India soars as business booms
Corporate honchos flying into India in their private jets are set to almost triple in the next couple of years as the country emerges as a top destination for fast growing business, says the world's leading executive in the general aviation business.
'Last year we handled close to 800 flights to India. Our projections are that there will be more than 2,000 flights in 2009. Certainly, India is the flavour and it will not be long before it overtakes China,' says Greg Evans, CEO of the Houston-headquartered Universal Weather and Aviation, the world's leading private jet management company.
Evans said private and business jet traffic to India had been growing at a healthy 25-30 percent over the past three years and was set for an exponential increase.
'India is getting the attention of some of the senior most executives of various international corporations as business opportunities are opening up across a host of sectors,' Evans, on a busy schedule here while meeting up with officials in the civil aviation ministry, told IANS in an interview.
With a formidable clientele that includes almost all the Fortune 500 companies, Universal Weather also provides end-to-end trip support services to celebrities and heads of corporations from sectors as diverse as automobiles, retail, pharma to oil and gas.
The encouraging air traffic has prompted Universal to open up an Indian subsidiary - Universal Weather & Aviation India Pvt Ltd - that will work closely with licensed operators to perform meet-and-greet services for its international customers at various airports across the country.
Currently, all private aircraft and their passengers are handled along with passengers off commercial aircraft taking up to an hour to clear the terminal.
Universal has held meetings with ministry officials and airport authorities in both New Delhi and Mumbai to explore ideas for independent handling of private aircraft.
'The response and welcome has been heartening. Clearly, the time has come for world-class facilities and handling of corporate aircraft,' said Evans.
When decisions worth millions of dollars rest on the outcome of business visits, private aircraft travel is no longer considered a luxury.
'A group of senior executives can effectively make several stopovers in a day and take meetings in cities as far apart as Singapore, Delhi, Dubai and London all on the same day. The time savings and opportunity costs of a group of senior executives collectively far outweigh the actual payout for such seemingly luxurious travel,' said Evans.
His father, Tom Evans, a former US Air Force officer and meteorologist, founded Universal in 1959.
Over the past five decades, Universal has evolved into a company facilitating an estimated 25,000 successful trips around the world for more than 4,000 clients annually.
Most private aircraft need trip support both within and outside the country such as flight planning, weather reports, touch down and over-fly permissions, landing permissions and customs and immigration clearance support.
'We already work with most Indian corporates that own private aircraft and travel abroad frequently and we plan to pick up more of the business as traffic from India picks up,' said Evans.
As per industry estimates, Indian Inc placed orders for anywhere between 110-150 private corporate jets in 2006, both for personal and official use.
Asked about the implications of this growth in air traffic, Evans said: 'Internationally we work with airport operators to set up separate terminals for private aircraft. There are parking and scheduling issues, and all of this needs to be managed effectively.
'Corporate chieftains want quick processing on landing and take off and internationally the best time we have clocked is 15 minutes to collect baggage, clear customs, immigration and out of the airport, though on average it takes around 30 minutes,' Evans conceded.
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Your jet collects dust in hangar? Donate some time to charity!
There's always someone in desperate need of getting from point A to point B. For some of them it's vital - organs recipients, who have waited on the list for too long and now have to get to a hospital really quick , etc. So join the ranks and one of the nonprofit organizations and let your strong hands give support and wings to people too poor to afford a luxury of private jet.
Angel Flight America
Angel Flight America is a national non-profit network of private pilots who provide free air transportation for people in need seeking access to specialized health care facilities or distant destinations. They also provide free flights in the event of a national crisis or whenever there is a compelling human need. Angel Flight America has a volunteer corps of over 5,000 private pilots from all 50 states and provides over 20,000 flights for children and adults each year.
Corporate Angel Network
Corporate Angel Network is a charitable organization that arranges free flights for cancer patients to treatment centers, using the empty seats on corporate aircraft flying on routine business. Based in White Plains, N.Y., the 23-year-old service, which arranges 1,200 flights a year, is open to all cancer patients, bone marrow donors, and bone marrow recipients who are not in need of medical support while traveling. Patients may travel as often as necessary, and eligibility is not based on financial need.
