Charter & Fractional
Helicopter share programs reinvent the fractional model
“What’s the difference between fractional helicopter operations and fractional business jet operations?” asked one fractional sales professional rhetorical

“What’s the difference between fractional helicopter operations and fractional business jet operations?” asked one fractional sales professional rhetorically. “Well, it’s like comparing a rare tropical orchid with dandelions. The orchid can grow and prosper in only a special and rather rare environment, while the dandelion sprouts up just about anywhere there’s sunlight and water. Like the orchid, the fractional helicopter operation needs a very specific set of market realities to grow, while the business jet fractional market can take a lot of damage and still survive.”

The success of fixed-wing fractional operations would seem to guarantee at least the basic viability of rotary-wing fractional ops. But not so.