My travel habits

A profile about my travel habits has appeared in the Times Online. Hopefully the tips may prove useful to someone out there! Excerpt below – for the full article see http://ow.ly/10wPk

Why the private jet boss takes a thermometer and a uniform on his business trips

Private jet boss Adam Twidell is also a freelance pilot and has a clever scheme for skipping airport queues and getting upgrades – he simply wears his uniform.

“I travel economy on short haul flights because our business is at a point where I can’t justify the expense of business class. However, I’m still a freelance pilot and if I’m travelling somewhere to pick up an aircraft that I’m flying, I might have my uniform on and then I’ll often get upgraded and be able to skip queues. The uniform has its disadvantages though – you get a hell of a lot of people asking you directions to gate 16.”

Twidell, 37, is a former RAF pilot and chief executive of PrivateFly, an online company that aims to bring passengers and jet operators together. In its first three years of operation, the St Albans-based company has achieved a turnover of £1.2m and is currently seeking a £2m investment in return for equity under the Enterprise Investment Scheme. Twidell travels around the UK and the rest of the world to visit aircraft operators and potential clients and to attend conferences.