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The perception that private business aviation travel is a luxury only for the rich has been changing for the better during the COVID-19 pandemic as more first-time users come into the industry.
The pandemic has brought new clients into charter industry as airlines cut service and passengers discover the flexibility, security and other benefits private travel brings.
At the beginning of the pandemic, “we were relentlessly repatriating,” said Alex Durand, Saxon Air CEO, during a panel discussion called “Beyond COVID: Insights from Market Makers and Movers,” which was part of a virtual EBACE Connect program. “Everybody suddenly got what we offer.”