Air charter
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).
"Air Charter" redirects here. For other uses, see Air Charter (disambiguation).There are several business models which offer air charter services from the traditional charter operator to brokers and jet card programs:
Charter aircraft categories include:
There are an estimated 15,000 business jets available for charter in the world. The US market is the largest, followed by the European market with growing activity in the Middle East, Asia, and Central America.[4]
Some charter airlines have employed other types of jets, such as Airbus, Boeing, and McDonnell Douglas mainline airliners like the Douglas DC-10 and Boeing 747 for example. Arrow Air of the United States was such an airline. Among other aircraft, it employed a fleet of 6 DC-10 aircraft from 1983.[5]
