Flight International lists the key players in the business aircraft charter market as of 30 September.
Public charter sites
www.flightserv.com
Offers demand aggregated business aircraft charter service between De Kalb Peachtree, Atlanta and Teterborough, New York. Further ventures are planned.
www.flyindigo.com
Indigo offers regular public charter service on company-owned Dassault Falcon 20s linking Chicago, Midway and Teterborough, New York. Other city pairs and aircraft will be added.
www.transJet.com
Set to kick-start charter services between Fort Lauderdale, Florida and Los Angeles in the fourth quarter, flying company-owned Hawker 600s. Additional services and aircraft, including helicopters, will be added when demand requires.
Retail sites
www.skyjet.com
One of the first charter booking sites, acquired by Bombardier in July. Plans to raise the image of charter through a number of new initiatives.
www.flighttime.com
Specialises in online reservations and corporate shuttles through its 'Global Programme". Plans to launch a new charter programme at this month's National Business Aviation Association convention.
www.eJets.com
Launched a charter reservation system in April targeted at high net-worth individuals, corporations and government agencies.
www.ebizjets.com
Offers customers variable discounts of up to $200 off the regular hourly charter rates. To qualify, an account of at least $100,000 must be opened.
Auction sites
www.legfind.com
Pioneer of the e:auction websites, legfind takes a trip request from a broker, which is forwarded by e:mail to the appropriate operators which bid for the trip.
www.bidjetcharter.com
Interlinked with legfind.com, the online broker markets business aircraft travel to high net-worth individuals and corporations in need of supplemental capacity. Trips are posted online and legfind.com invites operators to bid for them.
www.myjets.com
Scheduled to start up in this quarter selling empty legs on charter flights.
Support sites
www.aircharterguide.com
Air Charter Guide on line is adapted from the ubiquitous charter industry source book, Air Charter Guide, which claims to offer more scheduled availability of charter aircraft in the US and Europe than any other system.
www.aircharteronline.com
Adapted an online database listing charter availability of around 200 operators. Lists base, transient and empty leg flights.
www.charterx.com
Charter X is a virtual marketing department for charter operators, offering a range of downloadable software containing aircraft availability listings, online scheduling, quoting and booking.
Source: Flight International
