Private Plane Charter

These are some inside hints about private flights. This is the most economic alternative and does not involve advance payment of money by Tradewind, Sentient and Solairus (which we took from North Carolina). From a price point of view, one of the steps back is the chip where you can buy a certain number of lessons from a firm like Nicholas or Private Jet Services and use these lessons for different aircraft.

And for those who like to mix with foreigners, businesses like TRADEWIN DUTCHS offer services between places like New York and Boston, Stowe and Nantucket, and islands like St. Barth's and Anguilla. From San Juan to St. Barth's, a trade wind representative will pick you up at your terminals and help you get there.

JetSuiteX, coupled with JetBlue, sold airline seating between Burbank and Las Vegas. Regardless of which airline you fly with, be sure to ask if there are two or one pilot. Although two pilot are common on commercially operated aircraft, different rules apply to private aircraft of all heights. This is also helpful to ask if the aircraft is owned by the aircraft owner - usually businesses that own their aircraft provide better services.

"You could expect to be paying $6,000 if your rates are $9,000 per hour and you have a 40-minute flight," says Doug Gollan, the maker of PrivateJetCardComparisons.com. "However, if your ISP has a 1.5 hour per day minumum, you will actually be billed $13,500 plus cab fare, which in my comparison I found ranges between inclusion and up to 12 mins per sector.

Every serious owner should have security information that is clearly visible on his website, and he doesn't care to answer your pilot related question, e.g. how many flying lessons he has had. NetJet clients for at least 2,500 hrs; Wheels Up; clients for 7,000 hrs for a master and 4,000 hrs for a first official.

Mr Gollan proposes that pilots ask if the pilots have medical problems and do not hesitate to ask if the operators (or the aircraft itself) have any accident or incident in their histories. Keywords here are propeller aircraft, turbo plans and lightweight aircraft. Props like the Cessna Caravan are loved because they are spacious (the seating is as in Buses and often face to face configured).

Today's more famous aircraft are the six- to eight-seater Pilatus PC-12 and KingAirs, which go quicker and look more like a jet. Then get into lightweight aircraft such as Learjets, Embraer Phenom 300s and Citation CJ3s and Hawkers, which are all slimmer and more aerodynamic and can last four to five hours-- for slightly longer journeys.

Rates are very variable, and one of the most important things to know is that you will often pay for the plane to get to you, also known as the relocation-charge. If you' re talking about small airplanes, it's the mass that counts.