Private air charter was once thought of as being in the realms of the rich and famous. Only very wealthy individuals could afford to book their own aircraft and fly around the world, right? Wrong, private air charter is increasingly becoming something that more and more people can afford. For a special occasion such as a wedding abroad, or for a group of friends wanting to attend a sporting event, private air charter might just be the lynchpin to a fantastic experience.
Here Jane, a seasoned traveller, tells us about her experience of private air charter and how she has now converted to this form of travel for those special occasions that she wants to celebrate in style.
I remember seeing V-One advertised in some lifestyle magazines and thought how cool it would be to do something like that myself. I thought that this kind of VIP luxury air travel was completely out of reach for the likes of me. I was really surprised when I contacted V-One as it isn’t as expensive as I thought! Whatever the occasion, I can really recommend chartering your own airplane, especially if you want a pure luxury experience.
The first trip I did was from Glasgow down to Cornwall in May of last year. It was my boyfriend’s 30th birthday and he was always telling me how much he wanted to go to Rick Stein’s Seafood Restaurant in Padstow. So as a present, I organised a jet to collect us and two friends from Glasgow Airport and fly us down there. The flight was only an hour – which meant we had the whole day in Padstow, and time for an amazing dinner at the restaurant in the evening. We flew back the next day. My boyfriend was absolutely speechless and really loved every minute.
The other great flight was my best friend, Kate’s, hen party in Spain. She’d heard me going on about the Cornwall trip and how easy it was to arrange and asked me to look into hiring an aircraft to fly us all to Barcelona. There were eight of us to share the cost so it wasn’t too expensive either. A really stylish looking Lear jet took us out on the Friday afternoon for a two- night trip. The icing on the cake was when I asked the guys at V-One to arrange for a car to get us from the VIP terminal at the airport to our hotel – and they set up two black Range Rovers to collect us!
When I was surfing the web checking out all the options for the trips, V-One were the only company who looked like they could offer the personal level of service I wanted. Until I’d spoken to them, I thought that hiring my own aircraft was a luxury only the rich and famous could afford – but now I know different. V-One can get you any type of aircraft you can think of and fly you anywhere in the world. It’s all so easy, there are no check-ins or queuing for your baggage – you just turn up and fly!
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Launched to Perfection - V-One Aviation Air Charter
Product launches present all kinds of complex challenges across the globe. For advertising agencies, their clients demand perfection. This means attention to detail, impressive service standards and a whole lot more.
For example, the key parts of any new car launch program are to stimulate both the journalists, who will write about how good the car is, and the dealerships, who will be selling the car.
Here Martin explains how they managed to successfully launch an incredibly popular new car model for a well know car corporation utilising the services of private air charter company, V-One.
Our brief meant arranging to fly some 2,500 journalists and dealership principals from 23 European airports to Murcia in Spain to test drive the new car over a seven week period.
For us this involved a significant amount of organisation, extensive planning and implementation. It wouldn’t have been cost effective or convenient to use scheduled airlines so we chartered a Boeing 737-400 to fly a series of 70 charter flights. We even had the clients logo painted on the tail and fuselage of the aircraft as well as internal branding. The aircraft was also re-configured to provide enhanced comfort and legroom for the passengers. This certainly added something special to the whole experience.
V-One is highly regarded by major automotive companies in Europe for their attention to detail and planning capabilities. I know they’ve successfully worked for the likes of Volvo, Land Rover, Nissan and Honda for many years. Meeting the business metrics of these large corporations gives you a pretty clear indication of V-One’s world-class customer services.
Their reputation for high standards of service is genuinely impressive, and the staff commitment is quite unique. They even offered to place their own staff as Flight Managers on our charter so we would always have somebody available for assistance. We were also given a flight manual that contained a full schedule of event timings, 24-hour contact information, contingency plans plus a whole host of key information. Seriously, the flight synchronisation ran like a military operation!
I’ve found that V-One have provided a consistent service across all our projects, regardless of the size and schedule pressures, they’ve delivered every time.


V-One Aviation Air Charter Website Wins Industry Accolade
V-One Aviation, leading innovators in the air passenger charter market, won design industry plaudits for its website at the recent Fresh Awards.
Designed by leading website design company, Esta Media (www.esta-media.com), the website was awarded Best Business To Business website. The site itself utilises the abilities of Flash 8 for the groundbreaking VIP Lounge facility and the video welcome on the home page.
If you are visiting the website for the first time (www.v1fly.com) the hostess will welcome you on arrival and direct you around the site. The people in the lounge animate at different intervals and some of the characters come to life when selected, explaining their reasons for chartering aircraft. If you then return at a later date, the hostess will welcome you back, recognising you as a previous visitor and different travellers appear in the lounge.
Depending on the time of day, the scene will change from day to night and you will also be able to see movement such as planes landing, cars moving through the airport and other innovative uses of the technology which all add up to a very polished website.
Commenting on the use of Flash 8 for the V-One website, Louis Georgiou from Code said, "The guys at V-One wanted to stand out from the crowd with their website. They wanted it to reflect their vision for the business of being fast paced, innovative, market leading and cutting edge. By utilising the new video properties of Flash 8 we have been able to create a truly engaging, interactive experience within the VIP Lounge and have encapsulated all the qualities of the brand. We are delighted that it has won recognition from the design industry in this years Fresh Awards."
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