| The history of jets begins in the mid-1930s when | | | | rooms as elegant as five star hotels and very |
| Frank Whittle from Great Britain drew the first plans | | | | powerful engines for traveling long distances. This |
| for a jet plane. While the first jet fighter planes | | | | trend continued until the 1980s. In the 1990s the |
| debuted towards the end of World War II. It was | | | | interiors became more 'corporate' in nature with |
| immediately after the war commercial airlines quickly | | | | office equipment, video monitors and satellite phones. |
| recognized the value of the jet, when everyone was | | | | Some were equipped with conference rooms and |
| eager to get to where they were going quicker. | | | | sleeping quarters to be conducive for doing business |
| People knew that the less time one spent in the air- | | | | 24/7. |
| the less jet lag there would be while having more | | | | At the turn of the century, the business jets became |
| time on the ground to get things done. Finally, in the | | | | larger for more comfort when traveling globally but |
| 1960's business travelers started taking advantage of | | | | smaller jets were designed to lower operating costs |
| business jets. | | | | when traveling domestically. Continuing the small but |
| During that time when the business jet emerged, a | | | | local trend, the new VLJ or Very Light Jet models like |
| whole industry of small jets designed for the | | | | the HondaJet were produced. The range is still |
| well-to-do developed alongside the Boeing 727 and | | | | impressive but with the lighter weight production and |
| other larger commercial jets. The ultimate in private | | | | operating costs are cut. Even elite jet-setters are |
| business jet travel was provided by Lockheed, | | | | looking for opportunities for frugality. |
| Gulfstream, and Lear Jet. These hand-built jets had | | | | The world of the business jet is forever evolving. |
| price tags of around $1 million and were commonly | | | | Soon we will see groups of average business men |
| used by the oil elite of the middle east and the | | | | and women forming partial ownerships to take |
| millionaires of that time in history. | | | | advantage of business jet travel. |
| The private business jets during that period had | | | | |