Midnight Mike
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http://online.barrons.com/article/SB109969991586966495.html?mod=article-outset-box
COULD FLYING ON COMMERCIAL AIRLINES get any more miserable? Cutbacks by financially ailing carriers have meant fewer direct routes, more stopovers, longer flight times and more nights away from home. Check-in and security lines often seem interminable. Crowded runways have added to takeoff and landing delays. And even when you're airborne, the best you can expect is a crowded cabin and a bag of pretzels served by a surly flight attendant unhappy about his latest pay cut.
Little wonder, then, that more and more executives and wealthy families are choosing to fly by private jet. If a corporation doesn't own a plane itself, it may well be buying a share of a plane or signing up for one of the growing number of services that make private charters almost as easy as hailing a cab. Many seasoned travelers, from rank-and-file executives to celebrities like Shaq, no longer leave home without special debit cards loaded with 25 hours of flying time. In all, the use of private aircraft is expected to grow by at least 6% this year, nearly double the pace of the economy, and perhaps 8% or 9% next year, according to Honeywell Aerospace.
Most of the time you simply pick up the phone and order anything from a small seven-seat Citation Ultra to a giant 22-seat Boeing Business Jet capable of a nonstop haul from New York to Frankfurt. You leave when you want and where you want. When you get to the airport, you walk straight to the plane and prepare for takeoff in as little as 10 minutes.
Well, maybe this Primaris, startup out of Las Vegas is on to something.
http://www.primarisairlines.com/
http://www.primaris-airlines.com/
COULD FLYING ON COMMERCIAL AIRLINES get any more miserable? Cutbacks by financially ailing carriers have meant fewer direct routes, more stopovers, longer flight times and more nights away from home. Check-in and security lines often seem interminable. Crowded runways have added to takeoff and landing delays. And even when you're airborne, the best you can expect is a crowded cabin and a bag of pretzels served by a surly flight attendant unhappy about his latest pay cut.
Little wonder, then, that more and more executives and wealthy families are choosing to fly by private jet. If a corporation doesn't own a plane itself, it may well be buying a share of a plane or signing up for one of the growing number of services that make private charters almost as easy as hailing a cab. Many seasoned travelers, from rank-and-file executives to celebrities like Shaq, no longer leave home without special debit cards loaded with 25 hours of flying time. In all, the use of private aircraft is expected to grow by at least 6% this year, nearly double the pace of the economy, and perhaps 8% or 9% next year, according to Honeywell Aerospace.
Most of the time you simply pick up the phone and order anything from a small seven-seat Citation Ultra to a giant 22-seat Boeing Business Jet capable of a nonstop haul from New York to Frankfurt. You leave when you want and where you want. When you get to the airport, you walk straight to the plane and prepare for takeoff in as little as 10 minutes.
Well, maybe this Primaris, startup out of Las Vegas is on to something.
http://www.primarisairlines.com/
http://www.primaris-airlines.com/
