How to Charter an Airplane for Convention Travel

Chartering an airplane as a means to travel for a convention works well when you are concerned about increased security, long check in lines and a stronger need for better service. Having a large group of people from the same company or organization attending the convention justifies another reason to charter an airplane. The process to charter an airplane requires these steps.

Things You'll Need

• Yellow Pages

Instructions

1. Grab the yellow pages and search for local airplane charters at your airport or use the Air Charter Guide available online. You can search by location or by name.

2. Ask for recommendations from family, friends or acquaintances for local airplane charters that you can feel safe and secure.

3. Try to come up with about three airplane charters that you forseeably can use for your trip. Write them down in columns on a piece of paper with three columns to the left of them. One column is for prices. The second is for qualifications and third for experience.

4. Check each airplane charter's qualifications and prices. Request each company's Federal Aviation Association Air Carrier Operating Certificate.

5. Research the companies by getting ahold of the FAA Flight Standards Districts Office, and talk to the FAA Principal Operations Inspector about the companies status.

Tips & Warnings

• Price range of hiring an airplane charter varies quite a bit. Typically, you can find the price as high as $6,500.

• Larger cities have smaller airports that feature airplane charters. You need to check these airports as well as your main airport.

Resources

• Air Charter Guide