Private Jets

I’m leaving on a jet plane, don’t know when I’ll be back again

Actually, would-be passengers may not know their destination either as empty leg flights are random offerings at random times

Bombardier chief executive Eric Martel says the company is planning for more deliveries in 2024, without disclosing a specific figure, compared with this year’s target of more than 138 aircraft.

Bombardier Q3 results up on strong private jet demand

Canada’s Bombardier reported third-quarter results on Thursday (Nov 2) that beat analysts’ estimates, helped by robust demand for its pricier business jets and aftermarket services, sending shares up ...

Malaysia's civil aviation authority states that the Beechcraft Model 390 aircraft is carrying six passengers and two flight crew members as it crashes.

Ten killed in light plane crash near Malaysian capital

A LIGHT plane crashed into a four-lane road near Malaysia’s capital on Thursday (Aug 17), killing eight people on board and two motorists on the ground, the local police chief said.

The Honda Aircraft HondaJet Elite II can seat up to eight occupants.

Honda Aircraft appoints new sales representatives for private jet customers in Asean

BUSINESS jet maker Honda Aircraft Company has appointed two new authorised sales representatives in Singapore and Thailand to serve its customers in South-east Asia, it announced on Wednesday (May 10)...

According to an analysis published this month by Patriotic Millionaires and the Institute for Policy Studies, a left-leaning think tank, private jet users pay nowhere near their share of the cost of maintaining US airports and airspace.

Private jet travel is booming. And shameful. And we’re all paying for it

Four or five times a year, Stephen Prince, a businessperson who lives on Saint Simons Island, Georgia, takes friends, clients and colleagues on hunting trips to a pheasant preserve in north-west Nebra...

The study conducted by Dutch environmental thinktank CE Delft also showed that one out of every three private flights from Schiphol or Rotterdam The Hague Airport were used for trips shorter than 500 km.

Greenpeace set sights on ‘polluting’ jetsetters

ENVIRONMENTAL group Greenpeace said on Thursday that polluting flights by luxury jets from Dutch airports were skyrocketing, with a recent study showing emissions equivalent to almost 40,000 cars per ...

Billionaire economy is booming with private jets in short supply
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Billionaire economy is booming with private jets in short supply

Demand for superyachts, planes and mansions is soaring, driven by cheap debt and rising wealth

Private jet demand soars, but virus-induced curbs restrict take-offs

Private jet demand soars, but virus-induced curbs restrict take-offs

THE novel coronavirus outbreak has caused a global surge in demand for private jet services, and it has been no different for flights in and out of Singapore.

Demand for private jet travel rises amid virus outbreak

Demand for private jet travel rises amid virus outbreak

WITH commercial airlines engulfed by the maelstrom of the novel coronavirus pandemic, one sector of the industry favoured by the wealthy is thriving: private jets.

Wealthy flock to private jets as pandemic spreads and airlines tank

Wealthy flock to private jets as pandemic spreads and airlines tank

[HONG KONG] With commercial airlines engulfed by the maelstrom of the coronavirus pandemic one sector of the industry favoured by the wealthy is thriving: private jets.