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Pets On A Jet: VistaJet launches a new travel program for those of you who fly with your furry, feathered or scaley friends

by Doug Gollan
VistaJet pet program

Global jet card and charter operator VistaJet said it has seen a 104% increase in the number of animals flown in the past two years

As previously reported by Private Jet Card Comparisons, VistaJet today previewed a new program to provide VIP services for your pets.

It is the latest in a series of announcements over the past year with specialized programs for children, fine dining and oenophiles. VistaJet, which operates super midsize, large cabin and ultra-long-range Bombardier private jets is the only jet card program with a global primary service area that provides one-way rates without ferry fees.

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Jet Card Insider: Sentient Jet combines scale, service and flexibility

by Doug Gollan
Sentient Jet pricing and reviews

The inventor of the Jet Card 20 years later finds itself atop the growing category it created

Founded in 1999, Sentient Jet lays claim as inventor of the jet card. Twenty years later the company is no longer a start-up trying to prove a concept, but with 6,000 members a category leader, by our estimates definitely in the top three in revenues out of more than 50 providers. It’s also is part of the Directional Aviation family of companies which includes flight providers Flexjet, Skyjet and PrivateFly (acquired in September) as well Nextant Aerospace (remanufacturing of business jets), Sojourn Aviation (aircraft sales), N1 (aircraft engine parts), Air Services (off-wing services), and Constant Aviation (aircraft modifications and structural repairs). In 2017, Ken Ricci, privately held Directional’s chairman told Forbes the company had $2.5 billion in sales and around 3,000 employees. Sentient and Skyjet revenues were north of $300 million last year.

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December, full-year private jet flights dip, says TRAQPak

by Doug Gollan

TRAQPak’s review of year-over-year flight activity (December 2018 vs. December 2017) indicates that December 2018 recorded a decrease of 0.5%.

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The 2019 edition of Private Jet Card Comparisons is now Live!

by Doug Gollan

With more than 50 providers and over 300 jet card programs, the 2019 guide to jet cards features several important time-saving improvements

 

From the Editor

 

The third edition of Private Jet Card Comparisons, this one for 2019, is now live and available for paid subscribers. The completely updated version features more important details that you can’t get from the websites of most providers, and for the first time ever features a price comparison tool. It brings eight providers that have launched guaranteed availability, fixed-rate jet cards since the beginning of 2018, including four new to this year’s guide (We included the others when they launched, part of our mission to keep the guide updated throughout the year). This year’s version represents the culmination of a project that began in the beginning of August and wasn’t completed until about sometime in the second half of last night’s National Championship Game between Alabama and Clemson.

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Why private jet ownership is becoming an option for 50 hours per year fliers

by Doug Gollan

Farmingdale, Long Island-based Ventura Air is making a case that you don’t need to fly 400 hours per year to own your own private jet

 

It used to be there was a fairly standard way to look at private aviation solutions. If you were flying under 25 hours per year, an on-demand charter was the way to go. Jet cards were for 25 to 50-hour fliers, while those between 50 hours and 400 hours you were in the red zone for fractional ownership and leasing. Only if you or your company needed over 400 private flight hours per year would full ownership make sense. 

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