Does anyone know what it would cost to charter a flight like that? Is it relatively reasonable if you split it amongst 10 people, or are we still talking 10/15K per head?
I ran up a quote on a private jet site, and it gave an estimate of "From" €113 960 (~=USD$128K).
So your 10/15k/head isn't far off, and likely with other additional fees, transfers, baggage handling, catering, etc it'd probably go over that $15k mark.
e: Also, looking at the quote it generated, that's based on filling every seat and using the cheapest option - for them a Falcon 2000EX EASy (10 seats).
If you go for a different aircraft (more seats, faster) then you won't be getting much change back from half a million for an Airbus 319 Corporate Jet (30 seater) at "from" USD$437k.
Btw, when you fly private, I don’t think it’s courteous to split the tab...normally, one party handles it all.
Joking aside, do you have first hand experience of this? How does it compare to traveling by business class on a national carrier?
In most other walks of life, incremental increases in price come with incremental increases in quality
Going across the ocean will cost you a lot more.
I would expect many multiples over the code of business class. So more like 50k pp.
This is a guess, though I feel 10k in private jet from Colorado to Italy would be a steal.
it was cheaper to fly commercial
Stratosjet quotes ~80k for a flying from New York to Italy. The recommend the Challenger 604 and the Bombardier Global 6000 which seat 10 or 14 people respectively.