Charter & Fractional
Charter firms riding out economic turbulence
Charter aircraft operators seem to be weathering the double whammy of a recession and increased aviation security measures with reasonable success, with re

Charter aircraft operators seem to be weathering the double whammy of a recession and increased aviation security measures with reasonable success, with requests for information and, in some cases, actual charter bookings up in the more highly populated areas but down in some other places.

Part 135 on-demand air-taxi services gained access to the National Airspace System almost as soon as the airlines and, with the exception of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), can fly anywhere the Part 121 commercial air carriers are allowed.