For most people, private and commercial aviation are separate experiences and are seldom combined within the same itinerary. Newly launched Jetcombo.com wants to change that. The Web site–the brainchild of online travel industry veterans George Khairallah and Michael Thomas–aims to offer the best features of both industries. “We are the only Web site that can combine airline and charter in a single itinerary,” claims Khairallah. For long-distance flights into or out of smaller airports, the system seeks to marry commercial flights for the longer legs with more direct private flights. Visitors to the site can choose from more than 5,000 airports worldwide as their starting point or destination–nearly 10 times more than most other travel sites, claims Jetcombo.
“If you take the example of London to Bozeman, Mont., that’s a $150,000 trip [by private jet],” he said. “If you take first class to Minneapolis and continue on a private jet, that’s a $25,000 trip.”
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