In the current day and age of mobile app development, an idea is often all it takes to implement something big and make a marked presence in the global digital world. One such idea may potentially change the air travel experience significantly.
Several developers are working on the concept of creating a personal flying experience not just for the elite, but also for frequent travelers, helping them save time and fly hassle-free. Services such as Rise, which connects among airport hubs in Texas; Beacon, in New England; and Fresh Jets, based in Colorado, offer unlimited flights for a monthly fee and deliver a more attentive, luxury experience than can be expected from typical air travel.
These solutions charter private jets for their members, keeping the cost down by scheduling people on the same trips. Users can book flights online or through mobile apps, bypass airport parking and security lines, and get more legroom and baggage space on the plane. They mainly target business people who may right now travel by road and would like to optimize their travel costs and time.
While the idea may sound exciting, it needs a lot of planning and technology assistance to make it feasible. Ensuring supply meets the demand is one the biggest challenges these flight services will face. Technologies including big data, analytics, mobile computing, social computing, and some amount of predictive analysis will all become necessary to meet end-user requirements.
Large airlines may be able to handle these challenges relatively easily given their scale of operations, but the ones attempting this “all-you-can-fly” idea are small start-ups. They don’t even have a fleet of aircraft of their own; they partner with other operators to charter private jets.
The user base is quite upbeat about these fledgling services and has prebooked a lot of the membership options with Rise, and very soon, Rise should be able to meet demands—and for this, it is heavily relying on technology to create a compelling experience. Let’s see if they can change the way we fly and create a model that is sustainable to withstand the test of time and growing end-user expectations. Who knows—these solutions may become the Uber of private jets.
