A multi-engine, instrument rated pilot, James Wynbrandt has been an AIN and Business Jet Traveler contributor since 2003. His in-depth reporting and insightful features have won more than a dozen editorial honors, including two National Business Aviation Association Gold Wing Awards (2019; 2021), and his articles have also appeared in the New York Times, Barron’s, Fortune, Forbes, and Smithsonian Air &amp; Space. He has flown his Mooney M20K 252 on assignments throughout North and Central America and the Caribbean. Wynbrandt is also the author of Flying High (Wiley &amp; Sons), a biography of Jet Blue founder David Neeleman, as well as histories, references works, and books on a variety of other topics from major publishers. He lives in New York City.

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Lygg recently&nbsp;launched its door-to-door transportation app and platform for travel within Europe, using per-seat charter at the solution’s core and commencing with scheduled flights on Pilatus PC-12s linking Frankfurt-Eglesbach Airport in Germany with Berlin, Paris, and Bruges, Belgium. Passengers are currently limited to employees of a pair of undisclosed major companies using Lygg on a trial basis, co-founders&nbsp;Roope Kekalaninen, CEO, and Jari-Jussi Viinikkala, CFO, told AIN this week. But&nbsp;discussions with additional prospects are in progress, they said.

 


“We're starting with corporations to get a solid customer base; then we’ll invite individual consumers to book flights next year,” Kekalaninen said.

 


A true door-to-door service, “customers just type in their departure address and destination address,” along with when they want to leave, and the app arranges and manages the entire trip seamlessly, with an emphasis on reducing carbon emissions. Intra-Europe flights will primarily use turboprop aircraft, with per-seat costs of transportation estimated at €525 ($550) for a one-hour flight; €630 for 1.5-hour flights; and €735 for two hours.

 


On the supply side, Finland-based Lygg reports operator enthusiasm for providing appropriately priced aircraft in exchange for large blocks of guaranteed charter time.&nbsp;As electric propulsion, eVTOLs, and other sustainable technologies come online, Lygg sees opportunities in its platform to deliver fully sustainable, net-zero transportation solutions globally.

Lygg Launches 'Door-to-door' Charter App in Europe

Lygg has launched a transportation app and platform for travel within Europe with an emphasis on reducing carbon emissions.

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