Why Friday was Fly-day for our clients in Q3
Every quarter PrivateFly produces a snapshot of booking and flying behaviour for our private jet customers, Private Jet Charter Trends. And this quarter sees us looking back at July – September, the peak period for private jet traffic in Europe.
With over 200,000 unique website visitors every month and hundreds of flights worldwide, our data is fast-becoming a recognised source of industry intelligence. And our report gives a detailed look at today’s private jet customer, in a way that’s never been seen before.
Some of the key findings include:
Friday at 11am was the most popular take off slot.
11% of private jets were booked to fly same day, with the fastest ‘go now’ flight only 54 minutes later.
15% of private jet passengers were children.
London, Nice and Ibiza were the top three destinations with Cannes, Mykonos and New York also very popular.
The popularity of Friday as a departure day illustrates how leisure use of private jets soars in the summer months in Europe. As does the fact that a significant number of our passengers were children, travelling as part of a family group.
While we always fly customers at short notice, this quarter we saw even more spontaneous flights that usual – including one ‘go now’ flight that took off less than an hour later.
Read more about ‘go now’ last minute private jet flights.
Customers can choose their departure time and 11.00 is very popular year-round. As passengers need to arrive no more than 15 minutes before take-off, this gives a useful ‘window’ beforehand – whether that’s at work or otherwise – and with the average private jet flight time of around two hours, they arrive in time to have the whole afternoon at their destination.
The leisure demand boost also drove a shift in the destination mix. London is always the industry-wide most popular private jet destination in Europe, in any season. But over the summer months we saw Nice and Ibiza out-fly the usual business aviation hubs, such as Paris and Geneva.
See more insights from PrivateFly’s Private Jet Charter Trends (Q3 2016) or email sasha@privatefly.com to receive a full copy of the report.
Whether you want to fly on a Friday or any other day of the week, our Flight Team are available 24 hours for advice and pricing. Contact us or call +44 1747 642 777.
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