Steve VarsanoFounder at The Jet Business

Flying private vs flying commercial.

Name: Flying private vs flying commercial.
Uploaded: 2023-10-15T23:23:23+00:00
Duration: 43 s
Channel: Steve Varsano
Description: In this monologue, Steve Varsano laments the declining experience of commercial air travel, citing hassles like baggage check‑in, security lines, flight…

15 Oct 2023 · 1 min

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In this monologue, Steve Varsano laments the declining experience of commercial air travel, citing hassles like baggage check‑in, security lines, flight cancellations, and uncomfortable cabin conditions such as coughing passengers and lack of sleep. He argues that these frustrations are driving affluent individuals and companies to seek corporate or private aircraft alternatives. Varsano notes a surge in demand for private jet services—charters, jet cards, and seat‑sharing apps—especially after COVID, highlighting that roughly half of recent private‑flight customers had never flown privately before. This exposure is expanding the private‑aviation market to a broader demographic.

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The experience of flying on a commercial plane today, it's unfortunately gotten pretty bad. The convenience of not having to worry about checking in baggage, going through security. Am I going to be late? Is the plane going to be canceled? Do I got to sit next to somebody coughing and sneezing and somebody crying? You can't sleep, you can't sit, you're uncomfortable. So anybody or any company who can afford to fly a corporate airplane obviously would do it. People are chipping in and buying seats on a corporate jet. You see that more and more on apps, or people are renting airplanes much more frequently. Obviously, that's a result of COVID I think half of the people who bought these charters or jet cards were never ever in a private airplane before. So it exposed everybody to a whole new spectrum of people that now have experienced this industry.