The volume of private jet trips leaving Florida spiked this week ahead of Hurricane Ian’s landfall as deep-pocketed residents sought to avoid the powerful storm.
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A total of 319 private, business or chartered flights departed airports located in Naples, Tampa and Orlando — cities in the storm’s path — on Monday and Tuesday.
That was an increase of 71% compared to the same days two weeks ago according to statistics from tracking service FlightAware.
The data was first obtained by Bloomberg and later confirmed by The Post. The data was accurate as of 11 a.m. ET on Wednesday.
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