Virgin Charter and GetThere Offer Private Jets

Virgin Charter, a full service booking tool online, and GetThere, the leading business travel procurement solution online, announced a deal on Tuesday for making Virgin Charter the first corporate available private aviation solution for GetThere users.

GetThere, which facilitates over 10 million bookings a year for government agencies and corporations, is going to provide the online solution of Virgin Charter to users who are searching for charter air travel. As carriers are cutting capacity in the middle of high load factors, company executives who need access to maximize productivity and specific markets increasingly need more options for visiting prospects and clients.

With access to the Virgin Charter Marketplace via GetThere, corporations can receive multiple quotes quickly for charter trips covering hundreds of quality operators competing for their business. Virgin Charter only selects operators who represent the highest safety standards, and all of them are audited. Virgin Charter, along with JD Power and Associates, has developed the first Quality Rating Program in the industry, which provides information to agents about an operator’s quality so that they can choose their clients better.

Scott Duffy, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Virgin Charter, said that they and GetThere share the same commitment to business travelers and travel professionals. They understand their unique needs, he continued, and corporate customers and partner agencies can benefit from their client support and complete online solution to book charter flights and manage the details easier.

Chris Kroeger, the General Manager of GetThere, said that Virgin Charter is the representation of an attractive option for individual executives and small groups. Their online shopping process complements the new Travel Arranger portal from GetThere as well.

Learn more about these two companies at: www.virgincharter.com -or- www.getthere.com