In terms of private jet hire there’s a fantastic selection of planes to choose from. Although several possibilities will seat a smaller group of people, anywhere from between four to nine individuals generally, your selection will most likely depend on your needs with regards to the style of accommodation and degree of luxury, together with travel time and trip range.

For example, the "very light" category enables you to fly between four and six people into and away from some of the smallest city airfields. Jets like the Cessna Mustang only require 3000 feet of runway space. Taking one step up, "light" jets can journey up to 1500 miles without refuelling and represent probably the most popular category when it comes to private jet chartering.

Accommodating between 5 and 9 people, the "mid-size" category combines speed with a higher level of accommodations. These types of jets can travel up to two thousand miles without refuelling, will get you where you’re going rapidly indeed and are as such a favourite choice for business executives on the go. You could choose a Learjet 55 for your needs here.

A "super mid-size" jet like the Cessna Citation X seats as many as nine passengers and may travel as many as 3500 miles which makes it a great transcontinental work horse. Once more, these kinds of planes mix deluxe accommodations with accessibility and affordability.

At the top end of the range there are a number of familiar jets which you would typically expect to see in a commercial setting, but which were kitted out for this specific market. The Boeing Business Jet is an illustration here.

There's so many diverse aircraft available and there are a range of different ways that you could set about hiring or chartering a jet, as well. You could look at a pre-paid charter, group charter and may even also run into considerable discounts if you can take full advantage of an empty leg charter. Although travel can occasionally be classified as a waste of valuable business time, there is nothing to say that you could not bring your business meeting onboard one of the chartered jets to kill two birds with one stone.