Ian Moore

Private jet operator will see a large increase in the requests of passengers to operate Charter their own aircraft during the Corona-Virus outbreak.

With airlines scaling back flights in and out of China, some travelers stuck on the inside or outside of the country.

The wealthy are turning to private jet operators to ask them to arrange flights, in spite of the huge cost.

But the companies are that way due to travel bans and a lack of available aircraft and crews.

Australia-based Darin Voyles, of Paramount Business Jets, said it had seen solid, a "significant increase" in requests, but the majority can't be filled, because you don't have The Crew or aircraft can get.

"just send your planes and crews in Mainland China . Apart from The Risk of exposure for the teams, which is the operational and business concerns, that you on their return from China they will not work essentially, to be able to for Two Weeks to go as they have in the quarantine immediately. "

Singapore-based MyJet Asia, says he has seen an increase of 80%-90% in The Last month. "A lot of people went away for the Chinese New Year and are now struggling to get back to China," said Logan Ravishkansar, chief executive of MyJet Asia. Many have asked to be flown to Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong .

"But we are massively restricted in where we can fly, while the airlines will not let us charter your aircraft, in spite of The Money ," he added.

the Other passengers are desperate to Get Out of China. A government client from South America asked PrivateFly, a global booking service for charter flights, "the setting on four flights from Wuhan for hundreds of passengers," said chief executive Adam Twidell.

The UK-based company said it had a lot of other requests from private individuals and groups.

A "very light jet" can be between two and four passengers and costs up to $2400 (£1,850) Per hour, according to Paramount private jets A "super midsize" jet, seat between eight and 10 people and costs $6,000 for an hour.

"Global" private-jet company VistaJet said he has seen double-digit growth in the number of requests in The Last few months, although it has ceased operations to and from China.

"While a large part of the increase can be related to the Chinese New Year , we also attribute the growth to customers that said to prefer a private flight rather than a commercial option, while a delicate time affected by the Corona-Virus-outbreak", Ian Moore , Chief Commercial Officer of VistaJet.

Mr Ravishkansar said, it was much more easy-to-charter-aircraft during the SARS outbreak of 2003: "We also saw huge demand back then, but it was much easier to fly in and out of countries. This Time around, the governments that have put on more controls. "

Source of news: bbc.com