Polish high earners getting around by helicopters and jet aircraft

More than ten private luxury planes and choppers are purchased in Poland every year. The private fleet include 300 machines with the most expensive $30 million jet Gulfstream IV SP owned by the Poland's wealthiest entrepreneur Jan Kulczyk. "Businessmen using aircrafts save time and they are safer than travelling on domestic roads. They rent helicopters to evaluate real-estate and find the best location for supermarkets," said Zbigniew Niemczycki, owner of Air white Eagle one of four companies offering air taxi services. Free flying is a costly pleasure. For a flying course one has to pay around $5.000 whereas the cheapest second hand planes cost approximately $20-50.000. Jet's have already been purchased by the president of private television Polsat Zygmunt Solorz as well as the management of Lukas Bank. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B3) A.Z.