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Don't Know About You, But after LONDON STM Meetup, I'M TAKING MY PRIVATE JET to Paris (15)

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I don't know about you, but after the London STM meetup next year, I think I'll be flying off to Paris on my private jet

The Private Jet to Paris that's Cheaper than Eurostar and Flying BA (and You Even Get Breakfast, Coffee and Champagne)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/ar...champagne.html



JetSmarter offers flights from London to Paris by private jet that can cost less than £160 (US$257) per person.

• Seats on Citation Mustang from London to Paris are less than £160
• Four-seater plane would otherwise fly between the cities empty
• One way ticket to French capital starts at £564 for four people

If you want to go to Paris, flying by private jet is not the first option that would spring to mind.

But the method may no longer be the preserve merely of the rich, the famous or business executives.

For a firm is offering flights from London to Paris by private jet that can cost less than £160 per person. Flights on a four-seater Citation Mustang flight to Paris can be booked for between £564 and £627 – cheaper per person than a business class seat with British Airways (£336) or Eurostar (£276).



The only catch is that the trip is one-way, with no guarantee you can use the same method for the return journey.

The price is relatively low because the aircraft would otherwise be flying empty to Paris.

They take off from London Biggin Hill. At 12 miles out, the Kent airfield is closer to the centre of London than Heathrow or Gatwick. They land at Paris Le Bourget airport, just four miles from the city centre.

By contrast, commercial flights land at Charles de Gaulle airport, 16 miles from Paris.

For your money, you get continental breakfast, coffee and champagne – plus a view out of the front windows. The seats are leather and no one nags you about seatbelts, overhead lockers or electronic devices.

The private jet normally flies empty between Biggin Hill in London and Paris Le Bourget airport



The service is the idea of Sergey Petrossov, founder of JetSmarter, an app launched last year for booking private jets via smartphones.
According to Mr Petrossov, 30 per cent of private jets travel empty – they are on their way to pick a client up or are returning to base after dropping them off.

His app provides a ‘live access marketplace’ so potential travellers can see which of the 3,000 jets has seats available.

Catching a private jet means travellers skip the hassle of check-in and security, and can arrive five minutes before their flight takes off. Passports are checked in advance and, as with the Paris flight, private jets tend to use smaller airports, which can be closer to your destination.

Bernhard Fragner, the CEO of GlobeAir, which owns the Mustang, says customers off on a hunting trip can even take their own rifles.

Until now, private jets have catered primarily for wealthy business travellers, footballers and celebrities.

The typical flyer, according to Mr Fragner, has a net income of more than £1million a year. One GlobeAir client booked a jet to fly a cat to Dubai for Valentine’s Day, another had fresh tomatoes flown from Sicily to their yacht in Cannes.

The most extravagant jet available to rent via the JetSmarter app is a Boeing 767 – the type a head of state might use.

‘Something like that would cost £11,500 per hour,’ Mr Petrossov said. ‘But you’d get a bedroom, dining room, living room, office and lashings of gold finishes for your money.’

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Im down!!!

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There is a site here in AU (http://www.emptyjets.com.au) who sell spare seats, or the seats of a already booked flight that has to be cancelled for the cheap, always wanted to try it out

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I've been waiting for the day when UBER comes out with private jet + helicopter additions!

These types of companies are the closest so far.

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UBER already had helicopters (UBERchopper) for one day, from Manhattan to the Hamptons - http://blog.uber.com/2013/07/02/uberchopper/

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Be careful if you NEED to get somewhere as the leg can become unavailable at the last minute if the person who owns it or is chartering it changes their mind.

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I thought u wuz flying with this

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That is definitely a Tim Tetra mode of transportation.

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Cool site! Haven't heard of this one before, I know Uber let you book a jet via Uberjet in Cannes for awhile. Personally, I prefer a high end Asian airline First Class flight over a private jet, simply because the food you get is way better, the champagne and liquor usually of a higher caliber, and the entire experience before the flight is quite fun. The flight attendants basically have to pick up all the materials from local supermarkets etc to make the stuff on hand on private jets vs having an actual trained chef ready to make you anything you want within reason on a gulf coast carrier.

That said, I realize the main allure of private jets is being able to travel on your own schedule, but being that I'm not exactly rushing from city to city on some corporate speaking gig, I don't mind taking my time and just booking my flights when I'm good and ready to leave the city!

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interesting perspective. could be a good idea to travel with a personal chef for private jet trips.

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Screw personal chef, just give me access to the galley and some time to buy food - cooking a meal sounds like a great way to relax in-flight

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Until turbulence splatters hot butter on your hand!

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or collapse your soufflé

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I was picturing soaring through the air.. classical music, wine be poured, and a nice pork chop being fried up until ^^

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