{"id":3652,"date":"2018-07-24T14:22:26","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T14:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/blog\/startups-aim-to-bring-private-air-travel-to-more-of-the-public\/"},"modified":"2018-07-24T14:22:26","modified_gmt":"2018-07-24T14:22:26","slug":"startups-aim-to-bring-private-air-travel-to-more-of-the-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/tech\/startups-aim-to-bring-private-air-travel-to-more-of-the-public\/","title":{"rendered":"Startups aim to bring private air travel to more of the public"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lhZz0lwFj2k\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Private air travel has long been considered a luxury reserved for celebrities and the rich. Now it&#8217;s becoming an experience available to ordinary travelers through services allowing them to book seats on private planes which would otherwise be sitting idle. Do the big commercial carriers have to worry? CGTN&#8217;s Phil Lavelle went to Austin, Texas to find out.<\/p>\n<h3>More info on Startups aim to bring private air travel to more of the public<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ss-local-rss\"><div class=\"rss_header\"><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/cn.bing.com\/news\/search\/?q=Startups+aim+to+bring+private+air+travel+to+more+of+the+public&amp;qft=sortbydate%3D%221%22&amp;format=rss\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"rss_title\">Startups aim to bring private air travel to more of the public - BingNews<\/a><br \/><span class=\"rss_description\"> Search results<\/span><\/h2><\/div><ul>\n            <li>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&amp;aid=&amp;tid=66397903fc7d4f46a61d1b8b660b81c3&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fskift.com%2F2024%2F05%2F03%2Ftravel-startup-funding-slows-down-after-689-million-spree%2F&amp;c=8751977727657935009&amp;mkt=en-us\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTravel Startup Funding Slows Down After $689 Million Spree\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Travel startups raised about $29 million over the last two weeks. 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If you\u2019re more interested in taking your vacation via car, motorcycle, or ...<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n            \n            <li>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&amp;aid=&amp;tid=66397903fc7d4f46a61d1b8b660b81c3&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F4684930-gdp-pce-may-bring-more-pain-to-market&amp;c=6329851466215572567&amp;mkt=en-us\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThis Week's GDP And PCE Reports May Bring More Pain To The Market\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Two significant economic reports on Thursday and Friday \u2014 the first quarter GDP and the March PCE report \u2014 could blindside the market, sending rates and the dollar soaring, and the stock ...<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n            \n            <li>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&amp;aid=&amp;tid=66397903fc7d4f46a61d1b8b660b81c3&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fmelissakravitz%2F2024%2F04%2F20%2Fsustainable-travel%2F&amp;c=1545677321043966796&amp;mkt=en-us\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t7 Ways To Travel More Sustainably\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Planning ahead can be a major factor in sustainable travel Public transportation \u2014 buses, trains, light rail, etc. \u2014 is always more sustainable than a private ... to offset air travel, a ...<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n            \n            <li>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&amp;aid=&amp;tid=66397903fc7d4f46a61d1b8b660b81c3&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.manilatimes.net%2F2024%2F04%2F20%2Fvideos%2Fnato-agrees-to-give-ukraine-more-air-defense%2F1942484&amp;c=11239416659581933191&amp;mkt=en-us\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNATO agrees to give Ukraine more air defense\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says the alliance's member countries have agreed to give Ukraine more air defense after desperate pleas from Kyiv for equipment to protect people and infrastructure from ...<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n            \n            <li>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&amp;aid=&amp;tid=66397903fc7d4f46a61d1b8b660b81c3&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.centralmaine.com%2F2024%2F04%2F20%2Fseeds-of-change-to-air-on-maine-public-television%2F&amp;c=11520762236453786082&amp;mkt=en-us\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u2018Seeds of Change\u2019 to air on Maine Public Television\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Learn more. 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Now it&#8217;s becoming an experience available to ordinary travelers through services allowing them to book seats on private planes which would otherwise be sitting idle. Do the big commercial carriers have to worry? CGTN&#8217;s Phil Lavelle went to Austin, Texas [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1264,1215,1265,283,158],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/lhZz0lwFj2k.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3652"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}