Despite the ever-changing economic climate, the objective and subjective difficulties encountered by many different company, one of the largest independent private broker and consultant in the airline industry - PRIVATE JET CHARTER, in October this year ANNOUNCES LARGEST VOLUMES summer sales recorded over ALL 20 SUMMER HISTORY OF BUSINESS. ABOUT THIS AND NOT ONLY WE TALKED WITH Hugh CORTINA, FOUNDER AND GENERAL DIRECTOR PRIVATE JET CHARTER.
Hugh, please tell us about how you started to be the first to offer air travel services on private jets here in Dubai?
I'll tell you now. But first, I want to note that we recently opened our office in Moscow, and we plan to register a company branch there in a couple of months, because interest in our services is growing, and in recent years we have begun to record a large number of calls from Russia and CIS countries. Moreover, now we are thinking about accepting a Russian-speaking employee in the company’s staff in Dubai, which we have already done in our London office. Three Russian-speaking people work there, in addition, we operate our own offices on the Cote d'Azur of France, where many wealthy Russian tourists relax every year, so in Nice and Cannes we also hired a person who is fluent in Russian.
Now about how difficult it was to be the first. Not easy, to be honest. But over the 20 years of its operation, the company has achieved significant success. In the period from June to September 2011, we recorded the largest number of flights made on private liners, compared with the same period in previous years. The private airline industry is growing rapidly around the world, including the regions that we cover through our offices, namely Europe, Russia and its neighboring countries, North America and the Middle East.
What do you attribute this achievement to?
I think that to achieve such results we have been helped by a tremendous experience and knowledge in the field of private air transportation, coupled with an increasing level of awareness about these types of services and their advantages among businessmen, as today's representatives of the business community have begun to pay more attention to such aspects of the activities of private air carriers, both convenience and quality.
The growing number of passengers choosing a private jet for their travels around the world is at hand. Because, once using our services, businessmen recommend Private Jet Charter to their friends and colleagues. Moreover, many of those who have already flown with others are gradually switching to our services.
What is so special about Private Jet Charter services?
As the name implies, we are not an airline with our own fleet of aircraft, however, we have involved more than 1,000 private aircraft owners worldwide, most of whom do not use their own liners on a daily basis, so they are happy to give us their planes for management. We draw up the necessary routes at the request of our customers and do everything to ensure that at the right time and in the right place a private plane or helicopter is waiting for him. In our database, managed by a computerized search engine, there are also luxurious "flying palaces" designed to carry VIP-persons, with bedrooms and cabinets, there are small aircraft like Cessna that can carry one or two passengers. We can also charter a helicopter anywhere in the world. And this is a great advantage, because we minimize our costs and can provide customers with the service that they are entitled to rely on when paying for our work.
Are representatives of ruling families contacting you?
Yes, we provide services to royal and ruling families. In addition, our top list includes the heads of large international companies and government officials, for whom time is the greatest luxury, and the need to quickly find themselves in various countries of the world is a necessity.
What special benefits do your company customers receive?
Firstly, it is a round-the-clock service around the world and all year round, and not through call centers, but directly at the company's offices. Secondly, these are our experienced employees who speak different languages. Thirdly, competitive prices and useful tips regarding all aspects of future travel, as well as the use of CATS aircraft search system. We monitor all the airplanes we charter on-line. Moreover, we update information on all the nuances of travel for all our customers on a daily basis: from meetings and seeing off in limousines to the state of flight and landing of the liner. Among other distinctive features of our work are the provision of ultra-modern aircraft for charter, the services of experienced pilots and flight attendants, the use of VIP terminals with a simplified immigration and customs formalities at departure and arrival airports, departures from the airport designated by the client at a convenient time for him, and services meeting and seeing off at the world's air ports, as well as providing comprehensive information about the country where our passenger was going to fly. I am sure that thanks to all of the above, Private Jet Charter chooses the best. The quality of our work has been confirmed by ISO-9002 certificate.
What markets would you name the most promising for your company today?
We have seen rapid growth in demand for our services in Europe, Russia and North America. They are followed by other countries and continents.
Thank you Hugh for your time. We wish you continued success and more Russian-speaking customers.
