Lifestyle: Private Jet Ownership is soaring in these African countries [Chart]

While most of us consider a day without long airport queues a successful travel day,rich people in Africa are travelling in the height of style.

Private jets are spreading their wings in Africa as the

The wealthy on the continent are waging a big competition for rich men across other continents with their impressive ownership of private jets.

Africa's business aviation market is expected to grow significantly. In 2012, there are between 400 and 600 business jets in Africa, say experts.

Despite their exorbitant price tags (a Gulfstream 450 costs about $41 million), luxury jet registrations have been soaring to new heights across the globe, according to Knight Frank's 2017 Wealth Report.

In 2012, an official of Bombardier, the Canadian aircraft manufacturer, Nigeria ranked behind the United States, United Kingdom, and China among countries that top their orders for the supply of the aircraft type.

However, in the 2016 AfrAsia Report Nigeria lost its first does not even rank among the first four countries with lots of private jet owners.

Here are the top private jet markets in Africa.

 

While most of us consider a day without long airport queues a successful travel day,rich people in Africa are travelling in the height of style. Read Full Story