Lisa Murray: building new private charter business

Quintessentially's new private charter division complements lifestyle services

Quintessentially Aviation, a new broker and aircraft charter sales and management specialist, has launched as a one-stop-shop for private charter clients.

Part of Quintessentially, a global luxury lifestyle group, it promises clients direct links to worldwide concierge services.

"Quintessentially Aviation was formed initially to cope with the jet needs of our clients globally," says md Lisa Murray. "However we have a growing number of customers from outside the Q network too.

"As word of mouth travels, private jet users are contacting us. People are aware of the Quintessentially brand. We are a one-stop-shop - one phone call and their jet, hotel, restaurant bookings, car transfers, opera and theatre tickets and club guest list are all sorted."

Murray adds: "We have 52 offices globally, covering every continent. There is consistent annual jet business in the Middle East mainly from Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi, but demand also originates in Russia with Moscow a prime centre. In Europe we will be servicing clients travelling from London to mainland European cities such as Geneva and Brussels and in the US, New York, Miami, Vegas and Los Angeles are all busy centres."

Murray adds: "We are noticing an increase of bookings in India and Hong Kong. Demand is good in Mexico, Panama and Brazil and in Africa we are busy in Nigeria, Morocco and South Africa."

She says: "As many of our members like to travel during holiday periods we are particularly busy in the summer in the Mediterranean with winter skiing in the Alps and to the Caribbean over the festive season when our clients like to head to St Barts, Mustique, and Barbados.

"Quintessentially Aviation arranges all corporate needs from booking a conference or meeting room to picking that perfect discrete restaurant for a deal-closing dinner."

Quintessentially Aviation operates a carbon offset scheme in association with TreeFlights, committed to planting at least four trees in Kenya for every charter booked.