Flying Private is the Safest Solution for Your Essential Travel Needs

As of March 2020, the United States and many other countries have implemented a variety of travel restrictions to combat the spread of COVID-19. The current restrictions advise against leaving your home unless necessary. Non-essential travel is being limited or closed off entirely.

What does this mean for essential travel? What even is essential travel? And if you need to travel, how can you go about doing so with these new restrictions? This is where flying private can help. By dramatically reducing the number of people you’ll be interacting with, flight schedule delays, and added stress due to reduced staff, flying private can be the safest solution for all of your essential travel needs.

Here’s what you need to know about essential travel AND chartering a private jet during the COVID-19 crisis:

What is Essential Travel?

According to a report on Fox News, “essential travel” is generally defined as being:

• U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents are returning to the United States
• An individual is traveling for medical purposes
• An individual is traveling to attend their educational institutions
• An individual is traveling to work in the United States
• An individual is engaging in military-related travel or operations
• Government officials or emergency responders are traveling for public health purposes
• Members of the U.S. Armed Forces, and the spouses and children of members of the U.S. Armed Forces, are traveling back to the United States

While this is not an exhaustive list, it’s important to note that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still “leaves it up to the individual to interpret what does and does not constitute essential travel.” Depending on your current situation, the answer to “what is essential travel” may mean checking on family or friends in another state, transporting at-risk family members to a safer location, getting medical assistance in another location, or attending a funeral.

How Can Flying Private Provide Better Safety?

Essential travel doesn’t have to be scary during this time of unknowns. Flying on a traditional commercial airplane can leave you exposed to people and places that may not be clean, and at the very least, make social distancing nearly impossible. Flying private, however, means flying safely.

By chartering a private jet with a private jet broker like Hangar 7 Aviation, we can get you where you need to go in a far safer, less stressful, and less exposed environment than a commercial airline ever could. Flying private means flying on your terms, so any special requests you (or others) have can be seamlessly accommodated before you ever set foot in the aircraft.

Private jets use medical-grade and EPA-approved disinfectants when cleaning the plane’s interior. Having limited interactions with anyone outside of your party, you’ll be able to maintain a safe social distance and better protect yourself from exposure to COVID-19. Hangar 7 Aviation is here to alleviate your anxiety during this world-wide pandemic. We are here for your travel needs. Don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions regarding a necessary trip.