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I flew on Honda's $5 million private jet that seats 4 &mdash; see inside Volato's HondaJet

I flew on a $25 million Gulfstream G280 that private aviation company Volato will charter for $6,550 starting in 2024 &mdash; see inside

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Volato is a private airline that is now offering charter flights on its fleet of HondaJets.</li><li>The <keyword id="12526831" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="hondajet" source="Orion">HondaJet</keyword> merges luxury with cost-saving economics for flights with four or fewer passengers. </li></ul>Wealthy flyers now have another option to charter private aircraft, as increased demand has led to an unprecedented aircraft shortage for discerning travelers. Volato is a private-aircraft company focused on <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/private-jet-firm-volato-selling-5-million-hondajet-fractional-ownership-2021-11">luxury charter flights using one of aviation's most underutilized private jets, the HondaJet</a>. The demand for private <keyword id="11896628" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="travel" source="Orion">travel</keyword> in the COVID-19 pandemic has made light-jet aircraft including the HondaJet more sought-after. But Volato's strategy aims to attract clients who are willing to pay more for an aircraft that's outfitted with modern amenities. Volato's fleet of <keyword id="12526830" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="hondajet-elite" source="Orion">HondaJet Elite</keyword> aircraft offers club seating for four travelers and a range of nearly 1,500 nautical miles, allowing nonstop flights up and down the East and West coasts as well as one-stop transcontinental flights, according to the company. Its features include leather seats, a service galley, a private lavatory, and a Bongiovi Acoustics sound system, as Insider <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/private-jet-firm-volato-selling-5-million-hondajet-fractional-ownership-2021-11">found on a demonstration flight</a>. <div type="image" title="Volato HondaJet Elite — HondaJet Elite Demonstration Flight 2021" height="1666" width="2223" msid="88594969" hostid="261"></div>Volato's fleet of HondaJets is chartering for an hourly rate of $4,000, which includes a flight concierge, onboard snacks and drinks, and two pilots in the cockpit, according to the company. Passengers can also request only one pilot if they want to ride in the copilot's seat. "What we're really trying to do here is provide that same level of high-end experience that you would see on bigger <keyword id="11896629" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="planes" source="Orion">planes</keyword> on bigger operators but do so with the HondaJet at a significant reduction in cost," Matt Liotta, Volato's CEO, told Insider.Travelers will have to pay the cost of getting an aircraft to the departure point but in most cases won't have to pay for the aircraft to return to its base. The quasi-floating-fleet program means that a traveler <keyword id="11896631" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="flying" source="Orion">flying</keyword> from New York to Chicago, for example, will have to pay only to get the aircraft to New York and then for the flight to Chicago but not back to the aircraft's starting point. Volato is also investing in 15 of a next-generation HondaJet aircraft that hasn't officially been announced by the manufacturer. Honda Aircraft Company has been steadily updating its product offerings, most recently unveiling the HondaJet Elite S and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/honda-private-jet-concept-first-transcontinental-light-aircraft-2021-10">HondaJet 2600 that can fly nonstop across the US</a>. New bases for Volato will see the company expand to California on the West Coast and Maryland on the East Coast, in addition to its current Georgia and Florida hubs, according to the company. <div type="image" title="Volato HondaJet Elite — HondaJet Elite Demonstration Flight 2021" height="1666" width="2223" msid="88594971" hostid="261"></div>Volato plans to grow to 12 aircraft by the end of 2022, and the company says it is already growing in anticipation of a busy charter operation. "We've hired ahead of our fleet so that we don't have any disappointments on the customer side," Liotta said. Potential customers can book Volato planes through traditional private-charter brokers or by booking directly with the company. Volato maintains a safety rating of Argus Gold that many brokerage firms require for their flights. The ultimate goal is for Volato to introduce private flyers to a new way to fly, one that merges cost-effective aircraft ownership with luxury, Liotta said. "We see charter not so much as a tool to monetize the planes but more of a tool to spread the good word about Volato," he said. And for trips that require more than four passengers, Liotta says Volato is more than capable of directing those clients to other firms that offer larger aircraft. "All of our customers are understanding during the sales process that our company is focused on four-passenger or less missions," Liotta said. "If they tell us that the majority of their missions are not that, we actually explain to them that we're probably not a fit for them."

A private airline using the HondaJet is launching charter flights starting at $4,000 per hour and just ordered 15 new planes

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