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Industry
  
Aviation

Services
  
private jet charter

Founded
  
2005

Key people
  
Adam Twidell CEO

Website
  
www.privatefly.com

Founders
  
Adam Twidell, Carol Cork

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Headquarters
  
United Kingdom and United States

Profiles

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PrivateFly is a global private jet charter broker company with websites covering 19 countries: (Australia, Canada, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Qatar, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, UAE, UK, & US). The company's main headquarters are based in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. It also has a U.S. office based in Florida. The company is a member of ACANA, BACA, EBAA and NBAA aviation industry bodies.

Contents

The company uses technology to disrupt the traditional jet charter brokering model launching a website with online estimates and quotes, and also offering apps for iPhone, iPad and Android devices.

It provides a white-label service and partners with several companies including Lastminute.com, Manchester Airport Group and Addison Lee.


History

PrivateFly was launched in 2007 by ex-RAF and Netjets pilot, Adam Twidell and Carol Cork.

The company has expanded and has several veteran figures from the travel industry on the board including the Chairman, George Rolls, Martin George and Damon de Laszlo.

Awards include the Smarta's Top 100 small businesses for 2010, Best Business Award "Best Innovation", Flight Global's Site of the Year Webbies award and Everline Future 50.

PrivateFly was listed 4th in The Sunday Times Fast Track SME Export Track 100 (Britain's SMEs with the fastest-growing international sales) and 46th in The Sunday Times Fast Track Tech Track 100 (Britain's fastest-growing private technology companies).

In 2011 PrivateFly raised £2 million investment through several investors to help further develop their European expansion.

In 2016 PrivateFly opened an office in Fort Lauderdale, Florida PrivateFly became the first UK Argus Certified Broker in 2016.

PrivateFly runs an annual poll to find the Top 10 Airport Approaches. Previous winners include Sion Airport, Barra Airport, Sint Maarten Airport, Queenstown Airport, Nice Airport and Malta Airport.

References

PrivateFly Wikipedia