Jul
3
Ever Wonder? Fly Commercial or Private?
Filed Under Airlines
Ever try and fly into a small town? Want to skip the bigger airports? A new website, www.JetCombo.com, will help you by allowing you to combine commercial flights with private charters to reach your destination.
My first flight search was a round trip from the airport near my childhood home, Montgomery Ohio, and my college Ohio University located in Athens Ohio. It worked pretty well first option was on a small single engine Cirrus Sr22 at a rate of $695 before taxes. Flying me out of an airport near my old home, Blue Ash Airport, and using the Ohio University Airport-Snyder Field near school for the 30 minute flight. This fare included one free passenger and a two night stay for the crew.
Second flight test was a round trip from Blue Ash airport again but this time to Durango-La Plata County Airport. Cheapest flight was on a Cessna CE 401b, this piston engine plane would have taken almost 7 hours and would have required a refueling stop at a price of $7999 with 4 passengers. Flying this trip on a Eclipse 500 jet would cost over $22,000 and a flight time of just under 5 hours. This jet flight also included 2 passengers.
Hmmm… The airport in Durango is served by several major air carriers, but the returned results didn’t suggest I use any of those options. Maybe I don’t understand this service, but I thought it would have suggested a short flight from Blue Ash airport to a larger airport where I could have connected with a major airline.
