LOS ANGELES, Oct. 29, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- JetSuite now offers "All-You-Can-Private-Jet" pricing with the introduction of their new DayCard(TM). Based in California, the company serves the greater western U.S. with a fleet of brand-new Embraer Phenom 100 aircraft.
JetSuite's DayCards are sold in 10-Day and 25-Day plans, priced at $35,000 and $75,000, respectively. DayCard holders then enjoy the industry's lowest hourly rates, at $999 an hour, to fly up to 12 hours each day. JetSuite's DayCards are refundable, less the cost of hours already flown.
A daily jet card is an industry first. Industry leaders Marquis Jet and others offer hourly jet cards. A 25-hour jet card from Marquis, for example, sells for more than $120,000 plus fuel and other surcharges for each hour flown.
"Unlike traditional jet cards where you pay as much for your last hour flying as for your first, the DayCard means you actually pay less per hour, the more you fly," said JetSuite CEO Alex Wilcox. "And our 25-day card is actually cheaper than our competitor's 25-hour cards. Throw in the lowest hourly rates and a brand new Phenom 100 and that's 'All-You-Can-Private-Jet' pricing."
The Phenom 100 is the world's newest and most fuel-efficient private jet, requiring less than a quarter of the fuel other private jets require, but it is also the most spacious in its class. The Phenom seats four comfortably and features the largest baggage compartment in its category.
JetSuite is the first and only to offer the all-new Phenom in a jet card program. The company will offer seven Phenom 100s by the end of 2009, will take delivery of another 54 firm at the average rate of one per month, and holds options on more than a dozen more Phenoms, which may be 100s or the larger, longer range Phenom 300.
With an aircraft range of up to 1,100 nautical miles, JetSuite offers nonstop service for up to four passengers, their luggage, pets, golf bags, skis and snowboards throughout California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, and Baja, Mexico, and one-stop service to nearly all points west of the Mississippi river.
"The vast majority of private jet trips in the U.S. span less than 1,000 miles, with fewer than five passengers onboard," said Mr Wilcox. "Many individuals and corporations are realizing the globe-spanning jets they own and operate are too big and costly for their typical mission, so the timing couldn't be better to introduce the Phenom 100 to the market."
"Before the economic downturn, many were doing the equivalent of hiring a tour bus to take three people across town. Now they see much more value in right-sizing to the equivalent of a town car," he said.
JetSuite currently has four base airports within its "Suite Spot" markets, at Long Beach, Hawthorne (western Los Angeles) and Oakland, CA, and Henderson, NV (Las Vegas). JetSuite waives its usual landing fee of $175 when flying into one of these four bases. In 2010, the company will add additional bases in the southwest U.S.
Powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada PW617F engines, the Phenom delivers best in class performance, with cruising altitudes up to 41,000 feet, and speeds up to 450 miles per hour. All flights offered by JetSuite are operated by FAA Part 135 Licensed Air Carriers.
For more information on JetSuite, please visit www.jetsuite.com, or call (866) 779-7770.