Residential Airparks: Flying Away Home

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Residential Airparks: Flying Away Home

Today, the Internet is everywhere, but flying cars remain a daydream. The energy needs, safety concerns and logistical complications that the concept would require are daunting, and regulatory bodies such as the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration have more than enough to do in overseeing existing flight technology. However, for those looking to live in communities based around air travel rather than automobiles, there is an option – residential airparks, or neighborhoods centered around runways rather than roads. If you’re tired of a wheel-centered lifestyle and want more time in the air, read on.

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Per Seat Charter: Flying Private 1-by-1

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Per Seat Charter: Flying Private 1-by-1

When it comes to overall comfort in travel, charter aviation offers one of the best options around. While airline journeys are certainly faster than what cars or even most trains can provide, it also involves early airport arrivals, long lines, complicated security processes, crowded terminals, unexpected delays, narrow seats and all sorts of other inconveniences and frustrations that make flying something to be tolerated rather than enjoyed.

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Private Jet Cards: Prepaid Charter

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Private Jet Cards: Prepaid Charter

Jet card membership programs allow you to buy into a setup offering a set number or range of flight hours, typically at specified hourly rates. Introduced near the end of the 20th century, jet cards have become a multibillion-dollar industry for flyers looking for the convenience of private jet travel with less uncertainty than charter and less commitment than fractional ownership. If this sounds intriguing to you, read on.

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Grateful Deadhead: Navigating Empty Legs

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Grateful Deadhead: Navigating Empty Legs

Given the financial commitment represented by a private jet flight, many would-be newbies are looking to dip their toes in rather than dive in fully. One way to do this is to search for “deadheads” – otherwise empty flights occurring solely to reposition planes to more desirable locations. These “empty legs” can offer the opportunity to fly private much more cheaply than usual; however, they come with certain complications of which potential participants should be aware. If you’d like to more know about filling up empty legs, read on.

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Long Range Private Jets: So Far Away

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Long Range Private Jets: So Far Away

In the summer of 2026, the (men’s) World Cup will take place across Canada, Mexico and the U.S., with 48 teams competing in 104 matches vs. 24 teams in 52 matches. The event will draw fans from all over the world. Certainly, some will squeeze themselves into economy airline seats, or sojourn via group charter. Others will spring for a first-class ticket. However, there exists another alternative – private jet travel.

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Air Ambulance Charter: Health Care Up High

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Air Ambulance Charter: Health Care Up High

Charter aviation (at least for human passengers) is usually associated with two endeavors – work, and play. The smaller jets popularized by corporate clients and the airports specializing in them are widely described as comprising “business” aviation; however, no few customers hire them instead for leisure travel – sporting events, extreme adventures, family getaways and more. But, while jobs and vacations combined drive a lot of private jet travel, there is another growing category boosting demand – air ambulance charter.

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Private Jet Travel Down Under

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Private Jet Travel Down Under

Shocking as it may be for those in GenX, this year marks the 40th anniversary of the iconic film “Crocodile Dundee,” which provided the foundation for what many Americans know – or believe they do – about culture in Australia. In the 40 years since, Australia has become well-known around the world as a vacation spot. Tourists may want to avoid Dundee’s tussles with crocodiles, but the water buffalo and kangaroos featured in the film are another matter. Mix that in with thousands of beaches, the Great Barrier Reef and the vast Outback, and you get millions of visitors per year – about 8 million annually as of 2025, against a resident population of about 28 million.

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Private Aircraft Management - For the Potential Buyer of a Jet

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Private Aircraft Management - For the Potential Buyer of a Jet

As more people fly charter more often, the number of flyers for whom owning rather than chartering a private jet might make sense is rising as well, with demand for new business aircraft expected to increase by roughly 3% yearly over the next decade. However, much more goes into owning a private jet than just buying a plane and soaring into the air. Ownership of your own aircraft is complex enough that a global industry of private aircraft management is now well-established – and potential jet buyers would be wise to understand more about it. If you think or hope that this might describe you sooner rather than later, read on.

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Charter 101: Own or Charter a Private Jet

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Charter 101: Own or Charter a Private Jet

On May 25, 1977, an offbeat young filmmaker named George Lucas released a movie into a handful of U.S. theaters that would go on to transform the motion picture industry. “Star Wars” (quickly subtitled “Episode IV: A New Hope”), melded cutting-edge special effects with classic character archetypes and a dash of humor to create a new type of space opera that drew in countless moviegoers again and again.

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Private Jet Travel in the Middle East

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Private Jet Travel in the Middle East

The first powered flight in the Middle East took place in 1909, when Baron Pierre de Caters of Belgium and Louis Blériot of France flew over Istanbul (now Constantinople) in Turkey. The first airline in the region, Egyptair, debuted in 1932, with Turkish Airlines following in 1933 and Saudi Arabian Airlines in 1945. The region became a transit hub for flights connecting Africa, Asia and Europe, often serving as fuel stops for long journeys spanning continents. When air travel in the Middle East truly began to take off, however, it showed the same type of explosive growth that marked other infrastructure development in the region

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Charter 101: Propelling Yourself into Turboprop Chartering

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Charter 101: Propelling Yourself into Turboprop Chartering

When thinking about charter aviation, the default assumptions usually revolve around jets. Whether discussing whether a pop star will make it to her fiancé’s Super Bowl or debating when a woman's pro sports league can ditch commercial air travel for charter, the conversation frequently centers on private jet travel. However, jet engines aren't the only ones driving charter aviation. There's another option that may seem less glamorous and luxurious, but which has its own advantages – turboprops.

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Private Jet Catering: At Your Wish

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Private Jet Catering: At Your Wish

Private jet travel offers many advantages over scheduled airlines. No hours-in-advance arrivals, no long security lines, no 5 a.m. departures (unless that works best for you), no kids kicking your cramped seat, etc. It’s a more personalized, convenient and pleasant experience, even compared to first-class airline sections.

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FBOs and Private Jet Travel: Ground Control

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FBOs and Private Jet Travel: Ground Control

The subject of private jet travel, naturally, first brings to mind the air, not the earth. Those looking to minimize logistical compromises and maximize convenience with charter aviation are typically focused on when they’ll leave, how long they’ll be flying, what their flight will be like and when and where they’ll land (okay, and the price tag, too). The ground side of the equation is a minor factor at best.

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Private Jet Safety: What You Need to Know

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Private Jet Safety: What You Need to Know

The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, are legendary for creating the first successful powered airplane, achieving their first flight in 1903. Only a few years later, Orville became notable for a much less happy reason – involvement in the first known airplane crash to cause a fatality (of his passenger), in 1908. The accident caused the U.S. War Department to delay the delivery of a Wright Brothers aircraft for several months.

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Charter 101: Flying Private to Africa

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Charter 101: Flying Private to Africa

Planes need people to fly them – and fly in them – and, on top of a rapidly increasing population, Africa is the second-largest continent, with areas in all four hemispheres. People + distance offer a great deal of possibility for aviation in general, and charter aviation is no exception. If you’d like to know more about the future – and the present – of private jet travel in Africa, read on.

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Charter 101: Gotta Start Somewhere

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Charter 101: Gotta Start Somewhere

Everything has to start somewhere – and that includes private jet travel. If you’re mulling over taking the plunge into the charter space, you’ll want to understand private jet pricing, decide between a broker or operator, and then follow the steps to book your maiden voyage. However, even after all that is done, there are some tips and tricks that can ensure you get the most out of flying private. If you’d like more insights, read on.

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Private Jet Travel in Asia

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Private Jet Travel in Asia

As legend has it, human flight in Asia dates back more than one millennium. In 559 AD, as the story goes, several prisoners in what is now China were forced to jump off a tower attached to a kite; only one survived (to be executed later). Late in the 14th century, Chinese official Wan Hu supposedly flew for a short time in a chair powered by 47 rockets, his flight ending in a fatal explosion. Between 1630 to 1633, Ottoman inventor Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi and his brother, Lagâri Hasan Çelebi, are reputed to have flown via (respectively) glider and crewed rocket.

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Cargo Charter: Moving (Stuff) Right Along

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Cargo Charter: Moving (Stuff) Right Along

When discussing charter aviation, people are typically the main focus. Whether they want to see a significant other play in the Super Bowl, jaunt to the Caribbean to escape from the snow, or spend some quality time as a family, living passengers serve as the face of private jet travel. However, people aren’t the only entities moving by air. According to the International Air Transport Association, more than $8 trillion in goods are transported by air each year, making up about one-third of all world trade. While ships and trucks definitely play a role in getting cargo from origin to destination, delivery by air makes a just-in-time global economy possible.

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Luxurious Private Jet Interiors: Comfort in the Sky

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Luxurious Private Jet Interiors: Comfort in the Sky

Charter flights can provide a tailor-made experience that allows flyers to feel special – and their surroundings are the first step. If physical luxury is your goal when flying private, you have many options. You do not have to be the Sultan of Brunei or Tyler Perry to find a truly luxurious private jet interior, if you’re willing to prioritize your physical space. If you want to see some examples of modern luxury in private jet travel, read on.

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Group Charter Air Travel: Flying Together

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Group Charter Air Travel: Flying Together

In the aviation industry, group charter typically refers to a flight with 20 or more people – too many to fit on most business jets. Who is riding in those planes? Movie and TV productions, sports teams, music groups and humanitarian organizations, among many others, including the White House press corps. They’re typically looking to fly at times and to places that can be tricky to mesh with “scheduled service” air travel – i.e., commercial airlines traveling at set times from set places.

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