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s far as the eye can see over the white Al- possible destinations, it is surely the one that most allows you
pine crests of the French Savoia, it is pure to measure and appreciate the convenience of a Jetfly flight,
emotion. Only 40 minutes ago the chaos of Fri- and especially the masterly skill of the pilots of the private flight
day evening traffic in Milan was all around us, and company founded in 1999, and represented in Italy since 2012
A now here we are flying over a silent void made of by M. Marsiaj & Co., which operates according to the co-own-
nature and poetry, as we gently descend towards our destina- ership formula. This extreme expression in the field of execu-
tion. In a few minutes, we’ll be on the slopes. ‘Simply closer’, tive mobility of that ‘made to measure’
as the slogan of the company hosting us says. However, as the } Pilatus PC-12 niche that by now has taken hold in
pilot is lining up our landing, we spy that little grey strip only is the jewel several spheres, and which represents
700 metres long, surrounded by hillocks of fresh snow, practi- of the fleet: it the essential (and intelligent) key of
cally overhanging the slopes, and our brain realises that there, guarantees exclusiveness: having all the comforts
and only there, is the space available for landing, the emotion of a private plane accessible, but with
is joined by a shiver (and not just for the ground temperature, comfort and costs related only to the real use of the
which is below 13 degrees). Those 700 metres in the middle versatility aircraft in accordance with one’s quo-
of nowhere are the runway of Courchevel Airport, the highest ta of availability (the ‘owners’ do not
international airport in Europe and one of the smallest in the have to worry about the costs of repositioning the aircraft, nor
world (at 1,993 metres above sea level, literally: where eagles those relating to stopovers and the location of the pilots).
dare…), and here the very few aircraft that are authorised land The Jetfly formula entails the purchase of shares in relation to
uphill and take off downhill (the slope has an 18.5-degree incli- personal flight needs with split ownership contracts: according
nation) so that, thanks to basic physics, they optimise the lim- to the share assigned (a sixteenth, an eighth, a quarter, or half),
ited space available for accelerating and braking. Of the 2,300 each owner can use respectively 31.25, 62.5, 125 or 250 hours

Jetfly proposes the co-ownership formula. According to your quota of ownership, you are entitled to
a corresponding number of hours of flight during the course of year. The company guarantees
the availability of an airplane 365 days a year. Adjoining page, take off with a vista of the massif Blanc.

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