Practical, independent writing on buying, owning and flying private.
Charter at $1 million liquid, a jet card at $5 million, a fractional share at $30 million, your own aircraft at $100 million. Here are the rules of thumb the industry actually uses, with the arithmetic behind each one.
New York to Miami and London to Nice, three ways: what each costs, how long it takes from door to door, and how much CO2 it puts in the air. The results are less flattering to the jet than you'd think, and less damning than you'd fear.
A charter quote is one number. Behind it are fuel, two salaries, engine reserves, a hangar, insurance, and the slow melt of depreciation. We break a flight hour into its parts for three real aircraft.