Story by Corinia A. Williams

While not all of us can have a GV or Challenger 605 on standby like Oprah and Mark Cuban, traveling on your own jet is not just the extravagant indulgence of the super wealthy. Making a private jet part of your travel plans allows you to travel exactly when you want too and avoid long waits at airport security and gates.

With Flexjet you pay for only the time that you need and the rates are often competitive with the cost of flying a group of four first-class. Once you add business associates, family members, or staff to your travel troupe, the efficiency and economics of flying Flexjet are overwhelming. Getting to that business meeting is seamless and treating your family to a golf and spa week away, on your terms, is priceless. On Flexjet your vacation arrives the minute you board the plane.

Flexjet, a division of Bombardier, the world’s largest business aviation manufacturer, first entered the fractional jet ownership market in 1995. Flexjet now offers fractional jet ownership, jet cards, and charter brokerage services, and they are the first fractional aircraft program manager in the world to be recognized as achieving the Air Charter Safety Foundation’s Industry Audit Standard, and has been honored with its 12th FAA Diamond Award for Excellence.

Flexjet’s exclusive family of Bombardier private jets is the youngest fleet of fractional jets in the industry with an average age of just above 4 years. This includes the Learjet 40XR, Learjet 45XR, Learjet 60XR, and Challenger 300. For that long trip from New York to Hawaii, or Los Angles to Macau, Flexjet flies a Challenger 605.

As of June 2011, Flexjet announced its new partnership with Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, the premier manager of ultra-luxury hotels/resorts throughout the world. This gives Flexjet customers special access to Rosewood’s iconic hotels and resorts, along with unique benefits, including special destination package options and room upgrades.