Posted on 03/19/2020 8:05:05 AM PDT by rktman
As the commercial airline industry grounds itself and travel restrictions bite in the face of the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, the private jet alternative is thriving thanks to the insatiable demands of the wealthy and the well-connected.
According to AFP, the demand from the super rich has never been stronger. Richard Zaher, CEO of a U.S.-based private jet charter company, told the news service emails and phone calls just keep coming.
“Inquiries have gone through the roof,” he told AFP, noting his company Paramount Business Jets had seen a 400 percent increase in queries, with bookings up roughly 20-25 percent.
“It is completely coronavirus,” he added.
“We are seeing our regular private jet clients flying as they normally do. However, we have this surge of clients coming our way and the majority of them have never flown private.”
The reason for the demand is explained by the fact private flyers do not want to be confined with hundreds of people with “unknown” travel histories.
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This is news?
“How Dare You !?” /greta scowly mode
Yeah but where are they going to go with countries closing their borders left & right? Travelers are already stuck in foreign lands, where landing and take off privileges are being denied.
“However, we have this surge of clients coming our way and the majority of them have never flown private.” “
nor have they ever purchased firearms or hoarded toilet paper and cat litter before, but they’re doing that now, too ...
“Yeah but where are they going to go with countries closing their borders left & right? Travelers are already stuck in foreign lands, where landing and take off privileges are being denied.”
they can still flit about the U.S. ...
That would be fleeing boredom, which sounds more likely what is driving their desire to move around, not the virus.
“While that is true, how is that fleeing the Chinese virus? “
they’re flying private to flee the treat of catching the virus on commercial airlines full of we grubby, virus-riden hoi polloi ...
Huh. That explains the jets I hear in the early AM, when there’s no commercial jet traffic, between 3am and 5am. I would guess private islands in the Caribbean?
For us those are FedEx transports at that time.
They are headed to New Zealand. They want borders for themselves. Just not for you.
I heard that New Zealand shut their ports down to foreigners awhile back, both airports and harbors. This means all those Doomsday billionaire bugouts are presumably not accessible, though competent billionaires would have also maintained a cronyist relationship with officials who would give their port watchers a stand-down order.
They probably fly that way anyway, my point is it isn’t to flee CoVid-19.
They are going to New Zealand due to bunkers being there.
This shit is real.
They are fleeing the sinking ship.
Headed for their NZ bunkers?
How arrogantly elitist of them.
“When Black Friday comes, I fly down to Musswellbrook....”
Placerville baby. Not worried about the virus, worried about the city dwellers freaking out and making a move this way.
Only problem for them is we are all armed and ready with a good Constitutional Sheriff.
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