Officials with the growing private airline industry see their sleek jets as the eventual replacement to casino company corporate jets that fly big-spending customers to the Strip.

It’s already happening on a small scale.

On many weekends, limousine drivers working for Strip resorts – instead of waiting in the Harry Reid International Airport baggage claim area holding a sign with a customer’s name – park their vehicles in front of private airline terminals located along the western side of the airport, far from the main passenger terminals. The casino’s customers are picked up for a quick drive down Las Vegas Boulevard to their awaiting destination.