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    Traveling in style

    Luxury private jet service launches new Texas routes from Dallas

    Brian Melton
    May 23, 2018 | 1:05 pm
    JetSmarter luxury private jet service
    Meals and in-cabin service are provided.
    Photo courtesy of JetSmarter

    Well-heeled Texas travelers have a new alternative to cattle-car seating, congested airport terminals, and obligatory footwear removal. Florida-based flight-sharing/charter company JetSmarter has just launched regular service from Dallas to Houston and Austin in luxurious comfort aboard private jets.

    Billing itself as “the world’s largest private aviation community,” JetSmarter’s premium service flies out of Dallas Love Field.

    The new Texas routes accompany its current schedule of flights between Dallas, Los Angeles, and New York. Other JetSmarter shared private flight destinations include Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach in Florida; Chicago; Las Vegas; San Francisco; Atlanta; and Scottsdale.

    “We’re a membership-based model for well-to-do travelers who find airline first- and business-class lacking,” says David Mejia, JetSmarter’s director of charter sales. “We currently have about 12,000 members, and they see the value of the private jet experience — the comfort, convenience, and exclusiveness.”

    Annual membership rates start at $4,950 for individuals and $9,950 for up to four family members. Each membership also requires a one-time $3,000 initiation charge. (Corporate rates are available upon request.)

    Members can fly as often as they wish, on either regularly scheduled flights, or by arranging their own charter, to virtually any destination worldwide.

    The new Texas routes are as follows:

    • Dallas Love Field to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport: 7:30 am Monday and 4 pm Friday
    • Austin to Dallas: 9 am Monday and 5:30 am Friday
    • Dallas Love Field to Houston Hobby Airport: 8 am Tuesday and Thursday
    • Houston to Dallas: 5 pm Tuesday and Thursday

    Reservations are handled via mobile app or live operators over the phone. (Additional destination charges, usually starting at around $250 each way, also apply.) Meals and in-cabin service are provided.

    JetSmarter’s affluent membership consists primarily of the top 10-percent income bracket earners, as opposed to the one-percenters who, as Mejia notes dryly, already have their own private jets.

    Operators like JetSmarter are aggressively moving into the private airline industry. Unlike an airline, which normally flies each airplane an average of 2,000 or more hours a year, many private jets fly just 200 to 300 hours a year, often returning empty after dropping passengers at their destinations. Those vacant seats spell opportunity for owners — either corporations or wealthy individuals — who want to maximize their investment but don’t want to be in the air travel business themselves.

    JetSmarter doesn’t own or operate any aircraft. Instead, they work with what Mejia calls “the top 50 private aircraft operators worldwide,” contracting with them to provide metrics, training, safety, and maintenance. All flights are performed by FAA-licensed and DOT-registered air carriers.

    Will passengers be rubbing elbows with the Kardashians? Mejia chuckles, pointing out that travelers are as likely to be publicity-averse business entrepreneurs as icons of sports, entertainment, and culture.

    “We’re offering these new routes in hopes of making business and leisure travel much easier and fun again,” he says.

    JetSmarter has just launched regular service between Dallas, Austin, and Houston.

    JetSmarter luxury private jet service
      
    Photo courtesy of JetSmarter
    JetSmarter has just launched regular service between Dallas, Austin, and Houston.
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    Park News

    Texas agency acquires 1,100 acres for new state park in Hill Country

    Brianna Caleri
    Apr 25, 2025 | 10:08 am
    Colorado Bend State Park riverbed
    Texas Parks and Wildlife Department/tpwd.texas.gov
    The new park will be across the river from Colorado Bend State Park (pictured).

    Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) has acquired a new patch of land that they plan to use to create a new state park. According to a release, the agency has acquired 1,100 acres on the border of Burnet County and Lampasas County, 90 miles northwest of Austin — joining a prior acquisition of 2,020 acres made in January, and helping to push the state park into the realm of reality.

    The 1,100 acres are located across from the existing Colorado Bend State Park, on the other side of the Colorado River. Within the land are a mile and a half of Yancey Creek (which is about four miles long and empties into the Colorado River), limestone bluffs, and several natural springs.

    Before this second purchase had been made, the park was only a proposition. Now, TPWD and specifically chairman Jeff Hildebrand of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission are referring to the 3,000-acre state park as a reality.

    Funds for the purchase came from a one-time funding appropriation as well as sporting goods sales taxes.

    Development of the state park will come from a different source: a $1 billion, voter-approved Centennial Parks Conservation Fund. The fund was created in 2023 and has also led to purchases doubling the size of Enchanted Rock Natural State Area near Fredericksburg.

    “I’d like to thank our incredible team for their hard work in not only acquiring these properties, but also the recent additions at Enchanted Rock and the purchase of Lake Colorado City State Park,” said TPWD executive director David Yoskowitz in the release. “The voters of Texas also deserve a huge thank you for saying ‘yes’ to the Centennial Parks Conservation Fund, which will make the development of this park possible.”

    TPWD has been gathering input from the public about what types of recreational opportunities they'd like to see. According to the release, the next step is using the input to develop a plan. Considerations also include habitat protection and conservation of the natural springs in the area. The land is also 10 miles upstream from Lake Buchanan, further informing the possibilities.

    "This acquisition will give visitors access to the Colorado River, a beautiful creek and the diverse landscapes that are featured across the property," said Rodney Franklin, director of Texas State Parks. "We look forward to generations of Texans enjoying the scenic views of the unique post oak woodland and outdoor adventures awaiting on this property."

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