Private jet charter has long been thought to be a hobby of the rich and famous. John Travolta famously owns a number of executive jets – Three ‘Gulfstream’ private jets and one Learjet. The Learjet is probably the most well known of the private business jets available for charter but there are an increasing number of alternatives available in use for both executive and business jet charter services.

The use of business jets is one of the most important and popular sectors of general aviation. This involves organisations, ranging from medium sized privately owned businesses to multi national companies, utilising private, corporate jets to streamline their business agendas. A number of large multinationals enjoy ownership of a number of these high quality and luxurious private jets that allows them to cut down on the amount of time that their key personnel waste in ‘dead’ travel time.

This method of transportation is becoming increasingly mainstream as the merits and affordability of private jet hire and private jet charter become more appealing.

The majority of private airplanes fly in excess of 36,000 feet – which is above most of the weather – can travel at speeds in excess of 500 mph, and their range (certainly in the case of the larger corporate jets) is comparable with modern day commercial aircraft.