--- title: "The Reasons to Use Private Jet Travel - SherpaReport" description: "There are many reasons to use private jets. The main general reasons that we hear most often are listed below." url: "https://www.sherpareport.com/aircraft/why-private-jets.html" date: "2026-09-22T11:38:19+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") # The Reasons to Use Private Jet Travel Nick Copley 15 December 2006 Last Updated: 04 June 2024 There are many reasons to use private jets. The main reasons that we hear most often are discussed below, and saving time is high up on most peoples lists. The specific pros and cons of the different forms of private aircraft travel are discussed in our related articles on each travel type. 1. **Time saving** - this is one of the most significant reasons for using private aircraft. Depending on your program and provider you can have an aircraft ready in just a few hours. You can arrive at the airport just minutes before your scheduled departure time, fly directly to your destination (without any layovers), make productive use of your time onboard, avoid overnight stays (saving hotel $ as well as time), avoid waiting in lines at the airport, land at over 5,000 airports in the US and so be closer to your destination. All of this can provide significant savings in both productive time and in dollars. 2. **Productivity** - the time savings above provide significantly more productive time, both onboard and before and after your flight. You and your staff can make the most of the travel time to talk business or work with customers, suppliers or partners. 3. **Convenience** - There are over 5,000 airports in the US that private planes can use (vs 500 airports for larger commercial aircraft). This means you can often land closer to your true destination. The ban on liquids in the cabin caused all sorts of inconveniences for people flying commercially, but private flyers have avoided all this. Private planes also mean that you can travel with your special belongings such as instruments, sports gear, product samples or bring your pet in the cabin. 4. **Flexibility** - Planes can be available at a few hours notice and can wait for you if you're running late. It's even possible to change flight plans in mid flight if necessary. 5. **Quality of service** - Private planes provide luxury furnishings, plenty of space, individualized attention, and your preferred food and drinks can be ordered ahead of time. You and your colleagues, friends or family are the only people on the plane so you receive the utmost attention and service focus. 6. **Family time** - spend more time with your friends and family by reducing travel time and not having to spend as many overnights away from home. 7. **Privacy** - you can hold meetings and make productive use of your time, without being over heard. Your overall travel will also be far less visible when you're on a private plane and traveling through private terminals, with all this helping to keep you out of the public visibility and potentially preserve the secrecy around important negotiations or deals. 8. **Reduced stress** - without the lines, waiting, lost luggage, transfers, delay concerns or security issues of commercial flights you'll be a lot more relaxed. 9. **Image** - a private plane projects a well run, efficient, successful individual or organization, that values time and has the financial means to afford private air travel. ### Related Items #### [Negotiating Fractional Jet Contract Terms](https://www.sherpareport.com/aircraft/negotiating-fractional-jet-contract.html) #### [Fractional Ownership of a Midsize Jet](https://www.sherpareport.com/aircraft/fractional-midsize-jet.html) #### [Detailed Fractional & Jet Card Comparisons](https://www.sherpareport.com/membership/value-proposition-page.html) #### [Additional Reasons to Fly Privately](https://www.sherpareport.com/aircraft/reasons-fly-privately.html) #### [Updated Forecasts for New Private Jet Sales](https://www.sherpareport.com/aircraft/private-jet-market-2016.html) #### [As Those TSA Lines Grow, How About Flying Private?](https://www.sherpareport.com/aircraft/tsa-lines-fly-private.html) #### [Delta Private Jets Announce Record Year in 2015](https://www.sherpareport.com/aircraft/delta-private-record-2015.html) #### [Why Business Leaders Use Private Aviation](https://www.sherpareport.com/aircraft/business-private-aviation.html) #### [Forecasts for Private Jet Sales](https://www.sherpareport.com/aircraft/forecasts-private-jet-sales.html) #### [Private Jet Tour to Italy](https://www.sherpareport.com/aircraft/private-jet-tour-italy.html) #### [Flying First Class Compared to Private Jets](https://www.sherpareport.com/aircraft/flying-first-class-private-jets.html) #### [Peak Travel Times in Private Jets](https://www.sherpareport.com/aircraft/peak-travel-times-private-jets.html) ### SherpaReport monthly newsletter First Name Email Comments ### Latest News in Private Aviation ![](https://www.sherpareport.com/images/stories/planes/Premier-Hawker800-250.jpg) #### [ Premier Private Jets at a Glance: Products, Fleet, and Infrastructure ](https://www.sherpareport.com/aircraft/premier-private-jets-overview.html) ![Mike Silvestro opening Farnborough FBO](https://www.sherpareport.com/images/stories/planes/Flex-Mike_Silvestro-Farn-250.jpg) #### [ Inside Flexjet’s New Farnborough Terminal and Red Label Academy Expansion ](https://www.sherpareport.com/aircraft/inside-flexjets-farnborough-terminal.html) ![](https://www.sherpareport.com/images/stories/planes/flyte-vision-N440MA-250.jpg) #### [ Flyte: A Focused Regional Vision Jet Operator ](https://www.sherpareport.com/aircraft/flyte-vision-jet-operator.html) ![](https://www.sherpareport.com/images/stories/planes/NetJets-P500-250.jpg) #### [ How Old Is the Private Jet You Are Flying On? ](https://www.sherpareport.com/aircraft/how-old-private-jet.html) ![](https://www.sherpareport.com/images/stories/planes/ClayLacy-Charter-250-2.jpg) #### [ Solairus Acquiring Clay Lacy Aircraft Management & Charter Divisions ](https://www.sherpareport.com/aircraft/solairus-acquire-clay-lacy.html) ![](https://www.sherpareport.com/images/stories/planes/NetJets-Citation-Longitude-2502.jpg) #### [ NetJets Pauses New Jet Card And Short Lease Sales ](https://www.sherpareport.com/aircraft/netjets-pauses-jet-card-sales.html) ### Aviation Company Profiles ![Aviation Company Profiles](https://www.sherpareport.com/images/company-profiles/CompanyProfile.png) Details on the leading private aviation companies, including aircraft management companies, fractional operators, charter operators and brokers. - [Find out more](https://www.sherpareport.com/aviation-company-profile/) ### SherpaReport Membership Get the latest, updated data and insights on the leading fractional jet programs, leading private jet card and membership programs, and the top-rated charter operators. 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