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Aircraft Pricing Variables
When the Aircraft Charter expense is divided between the potential number of passengers carried, the cost per passenger is usually not any more than that of a first class round-trip ticket on a major airline. The passenger should understand the basics of Aircraft Charter pricing. Dead-head Legs First, your Aircraft Charter operator, depending on prior commitments, may have dead-head (empty) legs incorporated into your trip. Depending on your length of stay (usually more than several days) there can be two dead-head legs: one returning to home-base after passenger drop off, then another to fly back and pick you up. Charter aircraft must keep flying revenue legs to realize a profit. They cannot sit idle. If however, one of the dead-head legs became passenger occupied, thus transforming it into a live leg, your expense could be cut by 25%. As a full service Air Charter Broker, with full air charter services, we are constantly expanding our Aircraft Charter database for local passengers, specifically for this reason. Positioning Secondly, there is "positioning", that is, flying the aircraft from its home-base to the initial pick-up location and back. We determine who has the appropriate aircraft for your requirements, and then negotiate with the operator on price. Often an Aircraft Charter operator is willing to make compensations because of the need to have a particular aircraft in a different location for a specific flight in the immediate future. Positioning, like dead-heading, is a huge part of the Aircraft Charter business. Savings come from knowing who has what airplane, where it is, when it's available. This is industry information that a competent aircraft broker has access to which can make a private Aircraft Charter worthwhile. |
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