Private Air New York Magazine
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www.privateairny.com Private Air | Summer 2020 23 AVIATION or pleasure, sunny South Florida is home for global celebrities of entertainment and sports. Opa- Locka Executive is the airport of choice for the local jet set and thus accounting for the third most movements in the U.S. It is located 17 miles from Miami Beach, and it registers more than 100,000 private operations yearly. Los Angeles via Van Nuys Airport Van Nuys Airport serves the central hub on the U.S. west coast. e Los Angeles area, famous for Hollywood, a keen sports industry and essential business and tech hubs, has a massive demand for executive aviation. e terminal sits 20 miles from downtown L.A. and registers a whopping 170,000 movements a year. Although those numbers are pre-pandemic, charter jet companies are currently seeing the demand for this destination rise. London via Luton Airport London, by definition, is one of the top 5 destinations in Europe. When you give private jet passengers the possibility to land at a gold standard private terminal as Luton, the chances are that the executive travelers will rank it even higher. Number one in England, Luton is located 35 miles from the city center, and it is the main hub used from private jet flights from the United States. Paris via Le Bourget Airport Europe's most coveted jet hub, Le Bourget, registers more than 50,000 operations a year. It's a very safe bet to estimate that those numbers will recover, mainly thanks to Paris. e city of lights is one of the world's leading destinations, and private jet travelers are always seeking to avoid landing at crowded Charles de Gaulle airport. Le Bourget is also home to the International Paris Air Show, set for June 2021. Overall, private aviation is better positioned because it allows the passenger to control almost every step of the travel process, granting clients piece of mind and reducing uncertainty. BitLux provides executive jet charter and cargo charter brokerage services in the most thorough, safe, and ethical way possible. www.bitluxtravel.com.