The main motivations for more and more travelers to charter a Private Jet are the need for comfort, luxury and privacy.
Among the advantages that a Private Jet offers are a higher level of comfort than scheduled flights, the ability to choose the type of aircraft, interior configuration, and optional services, and most importantly, the ability to choose when to take off with complete freedom. However, when chartering a private jet you need to know that while you can choose the take-off time, it may vary by depending on air traffic priorities.
In this article, we will explain to Private Jet Finder customers what the priorities are for the granting of departure slots by the relevant authorities.
First of all, it should be specified that, as a rule, private jets chartered through PrivateJetFinder always adhere to the scheduled take-off time.
In some cases, however, especially during peak seasons or in special situations, departures may slip or even be brought forward if air traffic is congested.
Takeoff priority to emergencies
In general, the air traffic authority manages the allocation of takeoff slots by giving priority, of course, to aircraft engaged in safety, rescue, or emergency operations. Your Private Jet, in conjunction with an emergency situation, will have to wait for aircraft engaged in such operations to take offand will be allowed to depart only when air traffic makes it possible.
In addition to rescue and emergency flights, military and diplomatic aircraft, flights engaged in repatriation operations, and even commercial flights have priority over private flights if they are scheduled to take off on the same runway and at the same time.
Of course, these are coincidences that do not happen often, however, in such cases you will have to be patient for a few minutes.
For clarity and to remove any doubts, we have compiled the priority list regarding takeoffs, provided by the European ATC Air Control.
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MEDEVAC Medical Emergency flights (transportation of critically ill patients, organs for transplantation, or other urgent medical needs) also have absolute priority for takeoff.
In these cases, the highest priority is.
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SAR Search and Rescue Emergency and Rescue Flights.
Aircraft engaged in humanitarian missions during natural disasters are crucial to saving lives, so obviously, they have very high priority to respond quickly to crisis situations.
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Military Flights. Operations involving Homeland Security, Defense, and flights engaged in critical military security missions always enjoy high priority.
- Diplomatic flights carrying Heads of State, Diplomats or Government Delegations enjoy a high priority.
Especially in conjunction with sensitive diplomatic situations and important international events.
- Repatriation Flights Flights organized on an emergency basis to repatriate citizens back to their own country in crisis situations such as conflicts or epidemics are considered the same as humanitarian missions, or in some cases emergency or diplomatic flights.
- Commercial Scheduled Flights. They may enjoy priority over other less urgent flights so as to avoid passenger inconvenience and delays
- Private Flights, Business and General Aviation, have the lowest priority.
Private jets must wait until the previously listed air traffic has been processed before they can conduct takeoff operations.
