--- title: "Increasing Demand for Fractional Jets and Jet Cards - SherpaReport" description: "Several companies in the private aviation sector have been reporting increasing sales, and this is backed up by research showing more interest in private flying amongst the affluent." url: "https://www.sherpareport.com/aircraft/increase-jet-cards.html" date: "2026-10-24T20:16:39+00:00" language: "en-GB" --- [ ![Sherpa Report](https://www.sherpareport.com/images/sherpa-report-logo-white.svg) ](https://www.sherpareport.com/) #### Member login Remember Me - [ Forgot your username?](https://www.sherpareport.com/lost-user-name.html) - [ Forgot your password?](https://www.sherpareport.com/lost-password.html) GO [ ](# "Menu") # Increasing Demand for Fractional Jets and Jet Cards Nick Copley 22 December 2011 Last Updated: 22 December 2011 Several companies in the private aviation sector have been reporting increasing sales, and this is backed up by research showing more interest in private flying amongst the affluent. ![Flight Options Citation X](https://www.sherpareport.com/images/stories/planes/fltopt-citation-x-560.jpg "Flight Options Citation X") Fred Reid, president of Flexjet, recently told Pimm Fox of Bloomberg Television that he's seeing more people move to private jets and fractional ownership. "The big driver of [fractional jets ](https://www.sherpareport.com/aircraft/jets-overview.html)or private jets in general is the massive time saving" said Fred Reid, "and getting to 5,000 airports as opposed to 450 of all airlines." In the first nine months of 2011, Flight Options announced a 33 percent total sales increase compared to the first nine months of 2010. The increase was driven by a 14 percent rise in fractional jet sales and a 57 percent increase in JetPASS card sales. Fractional utilization, which measures how actively the company's Owners/Members are using their shares, was up five percent compared to the first nine months of 2010. JetPASS jet flight revenue hours rose 25 percent during the same period. "We are sourcing interest from all corners of the market – from seasoned fractional owners not currently with Flight Options who are looking for better pricing to [jet card](https://www.sherpareport.com/aircraft/jet-cards.html) users looking to make a longer-term commitment to entirely new, first-time owners," said Michael J. Silvestro, Flight Options Chief Executive Officer. "Importantly, a growing number of current Owners, Members and Cardholders are renewing their fractional and jet card agreements, an encouraging trend for our company and the industry." While industry stalwart NetJets is rather quiet on the details of its results, the figures reported by its parent Berkshire Hathaway show that it contributed $54 million more in profit in the third quarter of this year compared to last year – suggesting some strong underlying growth. On the consumer side, The Luxury Institute's Wealth Report for September 2011 showed private jet travel has become more popular, with 12% of respondents (those with a net worth of $5 million or higher) planning to boost spending in this area, compared to 9% in 2010. This growth is a big contrast to a few years ago, when the slow economy had a very adverse effect on all the private aviation leaders. The low point was probably in 2008 when the CEO's of the big three auto makers flew down to Washington in private jets to ask for taxpayer bail outs. The resulting media attention had a negative impact across the private aviation industry. 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