The situation in India has become so dire that even upper-middle class families are pooling their resources to escape, says private jet charter company JetSetGo.
"To say that only wealthy Indians are leaving India on private jets would be wrong," Tekriwal said Thursday from Maldives.
They're just people who are putting together money to get out of the country. I think it's them who fear Covid the most.Tekriwal said JetSetGo has seen a 900% surge in bookings in recent weeks — with some 70% to 80% coming from the upper middle class, instead of their regular ultra high net worth customers.
JetSetGo has not increased its rates in response to the surging demand, Tekriwal said adding: "That would be opportunistic and wrong." That's what most of my customers have been telling me: 'We're okay with spending six months' of salary or our savings on escaping the country.Hospitalization costs about $2,500 a night, she said. "It's what hospital rooms are going at. So even if you've got two family members in hospital for 14 days, you're looking at double the price of flying to Dubai."
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