Private jets are parked at Seletar Airport in Singapore in June this year. (Bloomberg Photo)
As Europe grapples with a summer of travel chaos, the wealthiest are increasingly taking matters into their own hands.
Private-jet use has surged by almost a third in recent months compared to pre-pandemic levels, stretching airport capacity from Ibiza to Mykonos and stoking a political backlash in France.
London logged the most private flights — more than 12,000 in July — while Naples, Amsterdam and Berlin saw the biggest increases in private traffic among the most popular airports from 2019 levels, according to data compiled by the European Business Aviation Association.
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