A Mumbai-based air charter service, Baron Aviation, launched BookMyCharters, an online platform for booking private jets. The platform’s launch comes after a year of a startup JetSetGo that aggregates jet flights, Helicopters, and Air Ambulance, launched operations in March 2014. The platform has 12 private jet operators with a combined fleet of 40 aircraft, which can be booked online. The service acts as an air charter marketplace, where the consumer can receive quotes in real time, much like Ola does with taxis.
“We are not just a lead generation platform but an end-to-end service fulfillment platform, which is backend integrated with charter operators,” said Rajeev Wadhwa, chairman and CEO, Baron Aviation.
The air charter space is dominated by offline operators and agents and the move towards creating an online platform is aimed at countering the inefficiencies of an opaque system, Wadhwa said.
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The fleet of aircraft that BookMyCharters offers ranges from the small Pilatus PC 1247, with a single turboprop engine to the Dassault Falcon 2000 twin-engine business jet. Concerns about the charter segment in India have persisted because of inadequate infrastructure and several regulatory hurdles that charter services face in order to function smoothly in the country.
Comparison of JetSetGo vs Bookmycharters:
We checked Both the websites and find out some interesting data. We placed booking requests on both the platforms, from Delhi to Mumbai on 31st December 2015. Now see the results,
JetSetGO:
- Price: Starting from 5.5 Lakhs (5 Guests) up to 23.9 Lakhs (37 Guests)
- Number of aircraft’s: 40-50
- You can select own prefer timing on board.
- No wifi and other kinds of services in most of the aircraft. But you can apply for any kind of requests.
- No instant Booking.
- Website is smooth (3 out 5 star) but more trustworthy (placed all interior & exterior pictures of aircraft)
- Best Use for Parties or any special activities.
BookMyCharters:
- Price: Starting from 6.3 Lakhs (5 Guests) up to 18.43 Lakhs (18 Guests)
- Number of aircraft’s: 24
- You can select own prefer timing on board.
- wifi and other kinds of services in most of the aircraft.
- Instant Booking.
- Website process is superb (5 out 5 star), provides most of the details about aircraft, cost breaking, and other services.
- Best use for Business Trips.