Taking flight: How private jets are picking up where commercial airlines were left grounded

📆 10/17/2020 4:57 AM
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TO SAY 2020 has been a turbulent year for aviation is putting it mildly. But while business and leisure travel dropped off a cliff early in the year, it soon emerged that there was urgent demand from a 'need-to-fly' segment – repatriation flights and essential movements. Read more at The Business Times.

TAKING FLIGHT: Demand for private jet travel has picked up where commercial airlines were left grounded.TAKING FLIGHT: Demand for private jet travel has picked up where commercial airlines were left grounded.Executive Jets Asia, which does predominantly medical charters, has also been receiving enquiries of late from prospective customers exploring their options – including a query relating to a flight to nowhere.

When the pandemic first erupted, Singapore Air Charter saw charter requests plummet by 60 per cent, but says demand later picked up to back near pre-Covid levels.OJets' fleet of Bombardier long-range business aircraft include three Global 6000s , a Global 5000 and a Challenger 650.TO SAY 2020 has been a turbulent year for aviation is putting it mildly.

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