People who fly private jets don't want to return to airlines. But it's costing them a lot more than it used to

Covid-19. Airport chaos. Lack of disposable flights.

Many travelers accidental those are the reasons they ditched airlines for backstage jets during the past 2 years of the pandemic.

But a caller survey shows astir of the recently converted aren't acceptable to instrumentality to commercialized aviation conscionable yet.

Some 94% of those caller to the manufacture said they program to proceed flying privately successful the future, according to a survey by the backstage aviation website Private Jet Card Comparisons.

"Users person seen firsthand however backstage aviation tin prevention time, some astatine the airdrome and by utilizing much convenient alternate airports," said Doug Gollan, the website's editor-in-chief, successful a property merchandise announcing the results.

However, respondents besides indicated they whitethorn not beryllium flying privately arsenic often arsenic they did before.

The percent of respondents who said they volition proceed to usage backstage aviation "regularly" dropped from 57% past twelvemonth to 40% this year.

And the fig who said they'll alert privately "occasionally" erstwhile the pandemic ends roseate from 43% to 55%.

About 6% said they program to halt altogether aft the pandemic, but that's up from zero who said the aforesaid past year.

The forecast for longer-term clients was much stable, according to the survey published successful October. Nearly 60% indicated they program to alert privately arsenic often arsenic earlier the pandemic, portion different 29% said they mean to alert privately adjacent often successful the future.

Though request for backstage aviation remains high, much than fractional (50.7%) of survey respondents said they're considering changing backstage pitchy companies.

Some 62% cited expanding costs arsenic the crushed for their discontent, according to the survey.  

Average deposits made by flyers who purchased jet cards oregon memberships accrued astir 36% from $213,253 successful 2021 to $289,398 successful 2022, according to the survey.

The percent of respondents who spent much than $400,000 much than doubled — from 8.5% to 18.2% — during that timeframe.

Nearly one-third of respondents cited formation delays, changes and cancellations arsenic the crushed they program to store astir — the precise problems galore accidental led them to alert privately successful the archetypal place. Those incidents much than doubled from 2021 to 2022, according to the survey, resulting successful "private pitchy rage" arsenic the manufacture struggled to support up with crushing demand.  

There are besides less perks to beryllium had, according to the survey. Respondents indicated they were incapable to unafraid arsenic galore escaped hours, complaint locks and upgrades this year, compared with 2021.