flightserv.com launched a new online
travel marketplace featuring its proprietary Private Seats program that lets
business travelers purchase individual seats on chartered private jets.
By combining the power of the Internet with the luxury and convenience of
travel by private jet, flightserv.com said it has “introduced the first real
travel alternative for today’s professional road warrior.”
Through a patent-pending technology, flightserv.com’s Private Seats program
enables business travelers to set their own flight schedules between pre-set
airport pairings. Flightserv.com said it will aggregate demand for similar
itineraries and arrange for travel to be confirmed on private jets operated
by the country’s best Federal Aviation Administration and Department of
Transportation certified private jet charter operators.
All private jet flights confirmed through flightserv.com will arrive and
depart from less crowded general aviation airports or from the separate
private jet facilities located at larger commercial airports, the company
said.
The first service made available was from Teterboro Airport in New Jersey
(seven miles from midtown Manhattan) and Atlanta’s Dekalb-Peachtree Airport
(located minutes away from Atlanta’s financial district).
flightserv.com said it will be rolling out additional airport pairings and
expects that the Private Seats program will be available on over 100 routes
by the end of 2000. Pricing for individual seats will be at slight premiums
to fully refundable commercial airline ticket prices.
“We are redefining the travel experience for the business professional by
creating an entirely new marketplace. Private seats on private jets have
never been available before now, and the Internet is what makes it all
possible,” said C. Beverly Lance, flightserv.com’s president and chief executive officer.