Privacy among clouds. by Barbie Kunkelova

"Darling, make sure you're there at least two hours in advance, I mean before the landing, because we might lose our seats if we don't check in early. That means, let me see… Yes, at 3:20am, that's the latest. I'll meet you at the Air France Check-In booth, alright? Don't be late; I really do want to see Vegas!" Have you ever had a similar dialogue before taking off on a plane? How horrible, waking up at 2am so that you make it to Schwechat at 3:15am and running to that booth with two heavy suitcases hitting your hips from both sides. The line is tremendously long; you sit on the larger suitcase and check all the required documents. After making it through the second line & through security & you discover the flight's economy class is fully booked and you'll have to wait seven more hours for the next flight. At least you WILL be flying. And when you finally settle yourself under the tight belt and stare out of the window on the plane's wing, the flight attendant announces the plane will have to wait for a lane to get empty so it can depart. Such disasters never happen on private jets. Business people discovered this transportation option several weeks ago and its popularity grew stronger as more and more airports build special gates for private jets and the pilot license is not as hard to get as it used to be. Each year the amount of hours flown by private planes grows by 1%. You just need a little additional money - $50,000 per year to maintain a plane and a hangar. And, of course, to feed the plane. Thus double the price he'd pay for commercial flying. But the comfort and speed is priceless!

related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20071017/ap_tr_ge/travel_brief_business_of_life;_ylt=AhAIqQ54IdQrlg_h6kak0ims0NUE

by Barbie Kunkelova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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