GLOBAL – It’s a known statement that money can’t buy you happiness. But what it can buy you is a private jet so that when you travel you get to avoid the chaos that comes with traveling commercial. Europe is coming to terms with the end of summer and because of this everyone that was on holiday is coming back which is cause travel chaos in most European airports.
What was the solution all the rich Europeans took, simple buy private jets so that they don’t need deal with crowded airports, delayed flight or lost baggage. This is how the wealthy are taking matters into their own hands As Europe grapples with a summer of travel chaos.
The use of private gets has quadrupled in the recent months when compared with prepandemic levels. London logged the most private flights — more than 12,000 in July — while Naples, Amsterdam and Berlin showed the biggest increases in private traffic among the most popular airports from 2019 levels, according to data compiled by the European Business Aviation Association.
Richard Koe, MD at aviation consultancy WingX stated that “The level of convenience is just incomparable when you’re relying on scheduled airlines that have not put their game back together. The number of people flying private for the first time has grown as much as 40%”
Some European CEOs have made the switch to avoid the travel disruptions, as have many well-heeled US travellers enjoying the dollar’s recent gains vis-à-vis the euro. North America made up the biggest proportion of international arrivals in Europe.
The rapid growth has sparked a political storm in France over private jets’ carbon emissions as the country tries to meet its climate targets. In an interview with Le Parisian, transport minister Clement Beaune said he wants to require private jets to make flight details public and set guidelines for their use when rail or commercial air options are available.
