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In a pandemic world, the primary reason for this growth is intuitive: private flight is innately more hygienic and thus safer. According to a recent McKinsey analysis, private jets have only 20 to 30 touchpoints of contact with other people and objects, while the average commercial flight risks about 700 points of contact. Private passengers typically encounter a mere 8 people door-to-door, compared to 600 for a standard commercial passenger and 136 for a business class passenger.
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Alexis Fecteau, the Global Director of Marketing at Boeing Business Jets, explains, “while commercial airline staff and private jet staff maintain sanitization as a top priority, and while both meticulously clean cabins between flights, private jets have fewer passengers, which streamlines and simplifies the process.” Private flyers also see this reduced number of passengers they can potentially come into contact with as a benefit to private flying.
Boeing Business Jets (BBJ).
Courtesy Boeing
Conceptual Design.
Courtesy Jet Aviation