Online air charter marketplace Flyjets has launched Flyjets+, which includes features such as “bid offer” and “fly empty” that allows users to create empty legs, which the company says will increase charter aircraft utilization. The build for the application was finished last year and it is currently live for customers, Flyjets said.
“What we do is we say, ‘Okay, an airplane would be priced at X if it was outright pricing, given it would fly to and from Teterboro to Opa Locka, Opa Locka back to Teterboro—we can split that between two parties on opposing routes, that price is going to be 40% below for each party, which is great, and we do this in real time,” explained Flyjets CEO Jessica Fisher.
The company also unveiled the "fly green" calculator. “It basically enables anyone to calculate offsets automatically whether they're on the site or off the site. So whether you're booking through the app or you just want to find out, ‘Hey, I'm going from point A to B in this airplane or I'm taking a flying lesson for X number of hours in this airplane—what is my cost going to be to offset my trip?’” she said.
Further, Flyjets is hoping to eventually include SAF redemptions in the app, according to Fisher.