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Air charter is the business of renting an entire aircraft (i.e., chartering) as opposed to individual aircraft seats (i.e., purchasing a ticket through a traditional airline).

Ten Steps to Safer Charter

When your aircraft is down for maintenance or you have executives traveling in different directions at the same time, you may have need for...

Travel Management – It’s Time to Mix and Match

If one were to measure the size of corporate travel spend worldwide going back to the pre-COVID-19 era, it would be well in excess...

Aviation Coalition Attacks Illegal Aircraft Charter

“Hey, can I borrow your airplane this weekend? I’ll pay for the gas and your pilots’ expenses…” Your answer should be “No.” Because paying anything for a...

Global Warning

“Harry, any chance your airplane is available Thursday? I’ve got to make a quick runout for a supplier meeting and I don’t have time...

New DoT Safeguards for Aircraft Charter

The Department of Transportation has a Valentine’s Day gift for you – regulations to help protect you from shady aircraft charter brokers. On February 14,...

Ten Qualities You Want In An Aircraft Charter Broker

Almost 2,000 direct air carriers (charter operators), licensed by the FAA, operate more than 11,000 business aircraft, on which more than 1.5 million hours...

“I” Contact

That virtual reality is increasingly being used in aviation – for “touring” aircraft interior options, and for pilot training.

DOT Matrix

On February 14th, as relationships are celebrated in many parts of the world, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will place its new Air...

DOT’S Air Charter Brokers Rule

Following more than a decade of contemplation and inertia, the U.S. Department of Transportation finally served up its long-awaited rule addressing the role of...

Taxing Leases

The recent spotlight on illegal charter and who has operational control of an aircraft is generating new interest in leases: not finance leases, but...