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Surf Air Announces European Expansion Plan
By: Matt Thurber
Caption: Surf Air's new European service begins in the fall, and flights will be flown by TAG Aviation (UK).
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Surf Air is expanding to Europe and will begin all-you-can-fly charter services there this fall, using jets operated by TAG Aviation (UK). The aircraft types have not yet been revealed by Surf Air, but they will be new jets flown by two-pilot crews.

Monthly membership fees for the European service are £2,500 ($3,235), and members will be able to fly as many times as they wish between the Surf Air destinations without paying any additional charges. The service will launch with daily flights between London Luton, Cannes Mandelieu, Geneva International and Zurich International Airports, as well as weekend flights to Ibiza, Spain. Next year, Surf Air plans to add other cities such as Dublin, Paris, Amsterdam and Barcelona. Guest passes are available to members for an additional £750 ($970) one-way.

Surf Air started flying in California in 2013 using Pilatus PC-12s, and it currently flies up to 90 daily flights to 13 destinations and has signed up 3,000 members. U.S. membership starts at $1,950 per month, which allows booking up to two reservations at a time. Other service levels are available, with the plus level offering up to four reservations at a time and prime allowing six advance bookings. The reservations are for individual seats on the aircraft.

Surf Air touts the ability for members to book flights online or using its mobile app “in 30 seconds or less,” and the convenience of departing from and arriving at FBOs instead of airline passenger facilities.