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NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK

The range of options for arranging private flights is seemingly endless these days. For those who don't own their own aircraft, there are fractional ownership schemes, jet cards, subscriptions at private operators, one-offs through brokers, empty leg resellers, new apps that aggregate available private segments that would otherwise go unsold, and even hybrid models where privatestyle flights on small jets operate on a scheduled basis. In other words, there's never been a better time to escape the commercial airlines, though the range of choice can be bewildering. With dozens of new operators and other companies offering private flights springing up to meet the boom in demand, it can be difficult to choose.

We've all heard of NetJets, VistaJet and so on. These are the big guns and they run a reliable, global operation to be sure. But there are also some smaller operators, brokers and carriers offering differing models for flying with greater privacy and comfort than commercial.

These smaller boutique

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