Rising Insecurity Rising Demand For Private Jet Charter Services

Thanks to the growing security chaos at the airports, companies now increasingly prefer to travel through private charter jets.

According to a survey conducted by Air Charter Guide, there was an 80 percent increase in business-related bookings of private jet charters within two weeks of Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks when commercial airlines were hijacked to ram into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

Similarly, private jet service companies reported a rise in demand from their customers, both old and new, following a terror alert in the UK.

Following 9/11 and the subsequent increase in terror threats, stringent security checks at the airports have made the whole experience of traveling even more frustrating and exhausting.

One has to endure long queues, all kinds of checks and intimate body searches to board an aircraft. Confiscation of even petty things such as nail clippers and tweezers has become a common sight at the airports.