Uber-style private airplane trips are here – and flights cost from $111

今日の週末の英語の習慣化の題材は...

とうとう航空界にもUber StyleのPrivate Airplaneが出現.. 果たして

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CNN — If you’re used to booking travelwith the click of a button or the swipe of an app, it might come as a surprise that the higher up the luxury chain you go, the harder it becomes to do that.

Always dreamed of flying in a private airplane? Usually that means calling a broker – and if you don’t have one on speed dial it can be an intimidating business. You might have to spend thousands on a membership to even get a quote, for starters. You might not know how much you’re splurging, either – private airplane operators can bill clients after the journey if extra fuel was consumed, for example.

But now, the Uber of private aviation has arrived. KinectAir aims to make the skies friendlier to regular people dipping their toe into the world of private planes. On the website, which was founded in 2019 for private air travel in the Pacific Northwest, you could already book a regular on-demand flight. But from December 2023 you can snap up a private aircraft bargain by booking an “empty leg” repositioning flight – all over the US.

And by bargain, they really do mean a (relative) bargain. The site offers quick hops starting at around $111 per person.