Archive for September, 2009

Las Vegas Steals

September 22, 2009

Las Vegas is on sale!

ElJet is offering unbelievable pricing to Las Vegas.

Same day round-trips as low as $4,800.

One ways as low as $2,900 each way.

Find out how to book your private jet charter Las Vegas by visiting www.ellejet.com

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Family Vacation by Private Jet

September 13, 2009

Five family-vacation itineraries perfectly suited for private-jet travel.

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The Adirondacks, Sea Island, Monument Valley, the Great Smoky Mountains, Yosemite National Park–they’re all great family-vacation destinations except in one respect: getting there. You can’t fly direct commercially; plane changes and reduced schedules to non-hub airports can make the trip take most of the day. Going by private jet removes the “are we there yet?” element, reducing the Minneapolis to Monument Valley trip from 11.5 to 3.5 hours. (The total times here include driving time.) And the larger the family, the better the deal because the prices listed below cover up to seven people. (Fuel surcharges and 7.5 percent federal excise tax are included.) Jet card (JC), fractional prices (F), and charter are one-way. Fractional prices don’t include the capital investment and monthly management cost.

Click link for great interactive graphic with price comparison. (Please note while the NetJets option appears to be the lowest priced option for these routes, once you factor in capital investment, monthly management fees, fuel surcharges and occupied hourly fees NetJets is likely to be significantly more expensive than any other form of private jet travel.

Please visit www.ellejet.com for more information on the highest quality lowest priced private jet charters.

Swine Flu Suspected Behind Rise in Private Jet Rental

September 11, 2009

Adam Gonn/The Media Line

Is swine flu behind the recent increase in private jet rentals in the gulf region?

One of the world’s leading private jet operators, International Air Charter, based in the United Arab Emirates, is reporting a 50% increase in demand over Ramadan for flights in Saudi Arabia.

The King Abdul Aziz International Airport which is the main airport in Saudi Arabia’sFacemask financial hub Jeddah and the main gate for pilgrims arriving to perform the Umrah, has been packed over the last three days according to local newspapers.

A statement from International Air Charter explained the surge in demand was due to “clients recogniz[ing] the strategic benefits of charter jet services, particularly in terms of convenience and time saving,” .

But with ever more frequent media reports of swine flu (N1H1 virus) related deaths, are clients choosing private jets over commercial flights for financial or health reasons?

“Whenever there is a global health scare there is a short term boost to private jet usage amongst the ‘well-heeled’ and their families, and this is the case at the moment” David J Bentley, an analyst with Big Pond Aviation, told The Media Line.

The Umrah is the part of the annual Hajj pilgrimage preformed during Ramadan, while the main Hajj is not until later this year many prefer to preform the trip during Ramadan.

So far four Saudi Nationals have died of swine flu and reports of people who have been diagnosed with the virus when returning home after a visit to Saudi are increasing.

While the effect of swine flu on the private jet market has been positive the same cannot be said for the commercial flight industry. On August 10, Iran Air, the national airline, announced they were canceling all their flights to Saudi over Ramadan due to swine flu. The decision affected some 300,000 passengers and represents a large part of the people who travel on Iran Air“s international routes.

The increases in demand however appears to be concentrated to Saudi as jet charter companies in the UAE are “not experiencing an increased demand”, reported Rafat Hamdani, a salesperson with UAE with Worldwide Air Charter, a UAE based private jet company.

The Chief Executive Officer of UAE based, low cost air-line Air Arabia was quoted as saying “swine flu is a bigger threat than the economy” to the airline industry.

Using a Private Jet to Prevent Contracting Swine Flu

September 2, 2009

While flying private jet charter will not necessarily prevent you from getting swine fly over flying commercial. One major risk in flying commercial is contracting swine flu from a passenger seated next to you.

Please click here for a great report from NBC.

As always ElJet is standing by to assist you with all of your private jet charter needs.