NUVO Magazine, Canada’s authority on the exceptional, has featured Magellan Jets and its award-winning Explorer Membership in a recent article on the growth of private aviation. The piece, titled “Private Aviation is Booming, But Can it Last?” discusses the shift to private flight during the COVID-19 pandemic and the changing demographic of those who seek a purely private travel option.
In the piece, Magellan Jets Director of Marketing and Communications Garrett Seiple spoke about just who those
But the people who were flying weren’t traditional business executives seeking a convenient same-day arrival and departure, or celebrities who wanted privacy. Private jet setters began to include families, particularly with children, or elderly travellers looking for convenience and connection. “We have seen a real split down the middle with travel for business and pleasure,” emphasizes Garrett Seiple, director of marketing and communications at Magellan Jets, the private aviation company based out of Massachusetts that witnessed a 131 per cent increase in membership from 2020 to 2021.
“There are those clients who are no longer able to reliably get to their usual destinations due to commercial flight route changes and availability constraints. There are those who are looking to return to travel to reconnect with family after the last year and a half,” Seiple says. “We are also seeing people who are coming out of this pandemic a little more sensitive to just how precious their time is, and so they are deciding to fly private to take that once-in-a-lifetime trip.”