Groups
Everyone on the same aircraft.
How does your group fly?
Worked out from the seating of the types we publish, not from a marketing claim about capability.
4 aircraft we publish seat 16 on one tail
Cheapest cabin first. Hourly figures are indicative market ranges for the class, not a quote for a specific aircraft.
What a group charter usually is
A team travelling to one place
Everyone arrives together, on your schedule, into the field closest to the venue rather than the one with the best airline service. For 8 to 19 people this is usually one aircraft and one arrival time.
A group splitting across cities
Multi-leg itineraries where people join and leave at different stops. Our search prices up to four legs and checks the runway at every field the trip touches, not just the first pair.
An event with a hard deadline
A wedding, a final, a closing. The value of charter here is the schedule, not the cabin — and the honest constraint is aircraft availability at peak, which is why these get sourced early.
More people than one cabin holds
Above 19 the answer is several aircraft or an airliner. Several aircraft means several crews and several positioning legs, so the cost scales with tails rather than with passengers.
Straight answers
- What is the largest group you can charter?
- The largest aircraft in our published catalogue seat 19. Beyond that we source airliners and regional jets, which routinely carry 50 to 150. We do not publish specifications for those because we have not verified them the way we have the types in the catalogue — so we will quote them, but you will not find a spec sheet for them on this site.
- Is one large aircraft cheaper than two small ones?
- Usually, yes. Two aircraft means two crews, two positioning legs and two sets of handling and landing fees, so cost scales roughly with the number of tails rather than with the number of passengers. The exception is when the group genuinely needs to be in two places, or when no single available aircraft can use the runway at both ends.
- Can the group split across different airports?
- Yes, and it is common. A multi-leg itinerary can pick people up at different fields, and our search prices up to four legs. The constraint worth knowing early is runway: a large aircraft that suits the group may not be able to use a small field one of the legs wants.
- How far ahead should a group book?
- Earlier than an individual trip, and much earlier around peak weekends and major events. A single aircraft can often be found at short notice; three of the same type on the same day, positioned near you, frequently cannot.
- Do you charge more for a group?
- No. Our brokerage fee is the same disclosed 10% of the operator's price whether the trip carries one passenger or forty, and it falls to 8% on your later flights the same way it would for anyone. If a group needs several aircraft you see the operator cost of each, not one blended number.