About Adam Echo

Since 2004, Adam Echo has lent a hand to all things Aircharter, from mentoring new additions to our team, to sales and even the occasional in depth blog post. Mr. Echo is a charter specialist, like many of our team, he knows everything there is to know about charter. We are very proud to have Mr. Echo on our team!

AirCharter Launches Ver.3 of eCharterConnect’s Booking Engine

AirCharter.com,LLC, 以其在线即时报价和预订包机而闻名,最近发布电子在线预订售票网站的第三版。 AirCharter.com LLC, 很自豪地宣布电子在线预订网站第三版正式发布了。第一次在美国这种预订系统能够让客户浏览到通常被第三方作为保密的内容。在这透明的信息中,仅仅需要4美元就可以了解到完整的有关操作员的信息,机尾编号,数据等。 AirCharer.com 很自豪地宣布电子在线预订网站第三版正式发布了。第一次在美国这种预订系统能够让客户浏览到通常被第三方作为保密的内容。在这透明的信息中,仅仅需要4美元就可以了解到完整的有关操作员的信息,机尾编号,数据等。消费者同时也可以看到冻结时数的花费,飞机的特性,保险,安全指数,最新的机内机身照片。AirCharter的会员点数会展示飞机的配置信息,根据这些信息,用户可以直接和操作员联系,避免传统上需要的数千美元的第三方佣金。 Operator Account and user management 从2001年以来,电子飞机预定软件是第一个提供绝对有保证的为私人飞机定价系统,AirCharter提供了在线预订引擎来计算私人喷气机的报价,该引擎计算关于飞机的所有信息,包括起飞次数,载客次数,风速,潜在延误几率,巡航时间,机组人员收费,泊机费用,机场收费等等。现在AIrCharter 发布了操作员支持的平台,几乎支持所有自动的订单,操作员可以更新所有的飞机信息,比如报价,生产维护日期,机身图片以及相关保险和安全文件。这项工作过去通常由我们控制中心处理。考虑到客户的需求,基于Aircharter 新增的后台支持,目前有超过10,500架经过完全认证的飞机,这一数量还在持续不断增长。同时,在网上预订成功后,客户收到订单几乎可以精确预测出此次旅途的花费。仅需一点,客户就可以看出的花费,再定位的价格,同时也可以将登机的机场更改到飞机所在的地方,节省上千美元。 当然他们也可以清楚地看到操作员的名字,尾号,详细的安全评级和与此相关的价格信息。免费的试行提供给客户10个机组的信息。消费者也可以从AirCharter购买额外的机组包或直接联系操作员预订。 这个AirCharter的最新的预订引擎结合了从飞机拥有者和操作员搜集的数据到机场和主管部门从而能够快速准确地进行切合真实情况的估价。这个引擎系统会检查以下因素;筛选出不可用的飞机,增加可能的选择。 Aircraft Category results Operator fleet management 预订的系统中包含很多飞机种类从活塞飞机(双座位)到商业飞机(超过500个座位) 系统记录中有超过29,000个机场,并且会自动建议客户选取合适的机场从而避免高昂的机场建设费用。 飞机性能— 根据实际乘机的人数会筛选出合适的飞机。 跑道长度— 根据飞机类型和乘客数量,机场起飞降落的安全性也会被检查。 风速— 实时风速测量用来确定飞行时间和航程以确保不会影响行程。 飞行时间/飞机时速/装机量——飞机的巡航速度会自动根据乘客的数量匹配来计算飞机最大的航程。 地面时间—每架飞机在更短的时间内起飞或降落,这是根据每架飞机的模型计算出来的。 机组人员休息室—预订引擎会计算机组人员的待命时间,同时也会包括可能的花费。 空乘——如果有特殊需求的话,空乘的价格也会被计算在内。比如说,长时间飞行,大量乘客。 加油测算—不同种类的飞机加油的时间有很大不同,这些也会被系统考虑在内。 机组人员换班— 如果长途旅行在一段时间后需要换班,预订引擎也会将其考虑在内。 机场位置— 机场的选择是根据机场建设费不同做出最省钱有效率。 飞机可用性 — 已确定的不可用的飞机不会在搜索结果中显示,节省预订时间,同时客户会看到所有被重新定位的从飞机所在地起飞的从而节省的费用。 空置的飞机—如果预订的飞机不可用,预订引擎会自动为你匹配可用的飞机并计算差价。 所有以上的价格会加总在一起,从而准确的为以下做出实时报价: Booking Engine Aircraft results 飞机每小时的花费——计算每小时飞机的花销。 移动飞机每小时的花费——计算移动一架空置飞机的花费。 燃油费- — 所有额外的燃油费 飞机在地面待命的花费——地面待命的花费会根据在地面的时间计算。 停机费—所有超过一晚上或一天的飞机停机所需费用会被自动计算在内 过夜费—根据飞机,操作员和机组人员的过夜费也会被自动计算在内。 机组人员费用—额外增加的机组人员和空乘的费用会根据相关因素计算在内,比如:飞行时间,飞机的大小。 固定运营基地费用——此项费用会根据基地提供的实时最新报价提供给消费者,其中包括着陆费还有一些机场的建设费。 FBO charges - FBO charges are fetched from up to date pricing provided by the FBOs themselves Aircraft Details 除了费用之外,包括飞机详情,飞行时间,要求的特定的飞机图片会根据价格的高低呈现给客户。 分段国际税——FET税也会被自动加总到一起给消费者准确的报价。 其他费用— 小额费用支出比如噪音费用,去冰的费用也会被计算在内。 当预订系统自动计算所有的花费之后,网上费用会自动报给客户。   William Harris,预订系统项目经理说到“我们相信这个预订系统是有史以来最精确,信息量最大的系统。数以百计甚至上千的飞机信息可以在几分钟类得到计算。几乎没有私人飞机租赁公司能够做到我们AirCharter的精度。他们大多数仅仅简单计算一个基本的每小时的花费,让想了解价格的客户失望不已” 因此,这也推动客户寻找相应的提供不变的每小时的费用解决办法(像飞机的会员卡之类),但是这些价格通常比最后的实际价格高出两倍,仅仅因为客户被网上预订提供的价格和直接预订提供的价格相差太大。 Detailed Confirmation 这些结果是可以根据飞机类型,飞机生产时间来进行排序。 Empty Legs Management system for operators  . 大约 AirCharter.com LLC 如今,AirCharter提供的电子预订引擎系统可以让操作员可以添加管理现有的飞机,移除失效的飞机,也可以添加一切可能发生与客户相关并需要收取的费用。飞机操作员同时也能够上传飞机图片和相关文件更好提供给客户有效信息。以操作员为支持核心的系统同时也能提供给客户飞机实时可用性和可用的飞机。 Walter Colins New York City, NY, Jan 26, 2015 press @ aircharter.com AirCharter.com LLC Available in the following languages: French German Russian Arabic

Airplane Tail Numbers

Airplane Tail Numbers Explained Aircraft tail numbers are used for unique identification of aircraft. Similar to a license plate on a vehicle, there are a combination of rules that require the aircraft to display the registration number on the aircraft itself, as well as keeping documents on hand noting the certificate of registration, which exhibits the aircraft tail number. Commonly referred to as an “N number” in the united states, each country in the world has different prefixes, suffixes, and even off-limits tail numbers reserved for military or governmental purposes. For example, the Dassault Falcon 7X pictured above belongs to the Dassault Aviation company and is used as a display aircraft. The Tail number on the 7X has a “F” prefix, noting that the aircraft was registered in France. Tail numbers may be switched from aircraft to aircraft, or retired entirely. In some countries, it is possible to change the tail number of an airplane due to a change of ownership, change of country, or simply for vanity purposes. Plane tail numbers are generally 5 characters long, with a country indicator at the start. Country indicators in some cases are easy to figure out with; Germany for explain is “D” while Japan is “JA” Canada is “C”. But some country indicators can be confusing with “B” for China, “OY” for Denmark, and “SX” for Greece. In all cases of private jet travel, the aircraft tail number is also the radio callsign for the aircraft, this may be different for commercial flights, and some odd governmental exceptions such as Air Force One. In the case of United States tail numbers, the rules are well defined: The tail number will start with N and continue alphanumerically, cannot start

Falcon 900 by Dassault

Dassault Falcon 900 The Falcon 900 is Dassault’s longest running current production aircraft. The original Falcon 900 was released in 1984 and is still a best seller with it’s diverse variants. The original Falcon 900 has been upgraded time and time again, starting with the upgrade to the Falcon 900B, which replaced the triple engine configuration with a more fuel efficient one in order to increase range, various upgrades later, the Falcon 900LX was revealed in 2008 with a refreshed lineup of features including new winglets which allow for more flight stability and speed. The Falcon 900 series has been so popular that Dassault further developed two new aircraft based off of the Falcon 900 platform. The Falcon 2000 and Falcon 7X models are smaller and larger versions of the Falcon 900 respectively. Originally based off of the falcon 50, the 900 shares many features with the Falcon 50, notably trijet engines and long range capability. Trijet engines were developed in 1950 and gained popularity in the 1980s when twin jet aircraft were limited to flying within 60 minutes of an airport in case of engine failure. These new trijet aircraft allowed new levels of freedom with an additional engine for performance and safety purposes. The Falcon 900LX, the most recent and available private jet fits comfortably into the large jet category. With an aircraft length of 66.31 ft, the 900LX may be shorter than modern day competing aircraft, leaving a mere 33.2 feet of cabin length. Larger super heavy aircraft such as the Gulfstream G500 boasts a 50.1 ft cabin length, but compared to other large jets in it’s category such as the Challenger 604 (28.3 ft) the Falcon 900 shines. Cabin size is

HondaJet

HondaJet - A VLJ to wait for Honda’s HondaJet was an unexpected first from an unexpected manufacturer. This very light business jet is being developed as a direct competitor to all existing very light jets by allowing new levels of performance and efficiency. The 7 seat HondaJet can fly higher, faster, and is more fuel efficient than it’s direct competitors. With a range of 1180 nautical miles, this private aircraft sits comfortably near other jets of its size, though this jet also has a maximum cruise speed of 420 kts, quite a feat for the tiny engines designed by GE and Honda. These engines were created with efficiency in mind, by mounting the GE Honda / HF120 engines to the wings instead of to the fuselage, Honda allowed the cabin to be wider than competing private jets. Though each engine is capable of outputting 2050 lbf of thrust, Honda claims that these engines are up to 17% more fuel efficient than it’s competitors. This immense amount of thrust allows this tiny business jet to take off and land in any airstrip under 4000 ft, which is small enough for smaller, communal airports, as well as larger airports. The HondaJet’s fuselage replaces aluminum with a composite material for an additional 5% weight improvement. The aircraft noise levels are on the low end of the scale for very light jets both in-cabin and out. But improvement doesn’t stop there, the cabin and cockpit are outfitted with the very latest technologies we have to come to expect for the latest generation of business jets. The cockpit interface is exclusively occupied by touch panel screens, and the passenger cabin is home to mobile controllable lights, temperature, and windows. The

Last Minute Flights

Last Minute Flights Booking a private jet at the last minute flight can be rather difficult for most private jet charter providers. But where others may fail, Aircharter exceeds expectations by offering a 24/7 concierge service. Finding last minute deals usually requires making a great deal of calls, but using our enormous network of over 14,000 aircraft, we can locate a last minute deal much faster than the competition. Empty Legs Check empty leg flights for the day, our empty leg offers can be found here for your Last Minute Flights. Sort by region of the world to locate an empty leg for your last minute flight, thousands of empty leg offers are added daily and are constantly updated to give our customer the best choice of empty leg flights available. Cheap empty leg last minutes flights are easy to find considering the average cost of an empty leg is about half of the cost to charter a private plane. Finding a business jet for hire can take moments with a quick search, after which, calling to inquire about the empty leg would mean if said private jet is available, you would be able to book a last minute flight on a private jet in under 30 minutes, sometimes allowing for near instant departure if your last minute flight private jet is at your departure airport or nearby already. Locate an aircraft owner / operator directly Although this seems like a great option, and one would assume that no charter broker company would e able to beat direct pricing from the aircraft owner, this is wrong. Having a charter flight company handle your last minute flight means having direct access to all of their aircraft resources.

Private Plane Charter Cost – TurboProps

Private Plane Charter Cost - TurboProps Turboprop aircraft are powered by turbine engines, unlike piston engines, these aircraft can fly much faster and farther than pistons. Generally configured for around 8 passengers, these aircraft have cabins that most closely resemble light jets in size. Modern day turboprops are just as comfortable as light jets, most seating around 6-8 passengers, exactly like a light jet. The interiors can be customized in every possible way a light jet’s interior can, and the onboard amenities such as TVs and satellite phones are also available in turboprops.As for the range concern, turboprops are in the same ballpark as light jets in terms of range, with a few exceptions of course, a traditional turboprop will fly for around 1,500 nautical miles, which is right in light jet territory. Though the turboprops maintain one game-winning lead on light jets, and that is the ability to take off and land on much smaller airstrips, and in some circumstances, can land or takeoff without a paved runway. This opens up tens of thousands landing/takeoff areas worldwide. Turboprops generally have an hourly private plane charter cost of between $1,000 and $3,000 an hour, which depends entirely on location, as locations with more turboprops have more competition in terms of hourly pricing. Below are price ranges for turboprop aircraft: Cessna Grand Caravan $800 - $1,900 phrA 4 feet (1.2 m) stretch of the Caravan I, the 208B features a more powerful PT6A-114A engine. The Cessna Caravan is an unpressurized single-engine ... Britten-Norman BN-2A ISLANDER $1,000 - $1,400 phrThe latest version of the Islander includes enlarged baggage bay door options, 3-bladed scimitar propellers, low drag fairings, modern interior, all new ergonomically designed leather ... Piper Cheyenne IIXL $1,000 - $2,500 phrOn April

Best Private Jet Posts from 2014

Pilatus PC-24 Unveiled at EBACE14 An unexpected aircraft from Pilatus, the PC-24, was the least expected from a company best known for their piston aircraft. This private jet will be capable of takeoffs in 2690 feet, giving the PC-24 access to 21,000 airports ad airstrips that larger aircraft cannot access. Estimated to cost approximately $9 Million and expected to ship in 2017. This SVJ (Super Versatile Jet) will be capable of 1800 nm range with 6 passengers on board. Not bad Pilatus! Read More   How a Wet Lease Works Here the basics of wet lease or ACMI are detailed and compared to traditional charter. Wet leasing an aircraft means nearly full ownership of said aircraft for the duration of the lease, whereas charter is more commonly billed and executed based on the actual hours of aircraft usage, allowing other passengers to use the aircraft while unused during brief waiting periods (1-5 Days). Read More   Turboprops vs Light Jets Turboprops are often looked down upon with no apparent reason. Fears of noisy cabins and safety are the most common misconceptions, as is comfort. Modern day turboprops are just as quiet as their light jet counterparts, and offer the same safety and comfort features. Without in-depth knowledge, it is hard to distinguish light jets from turboprop interiors, the similarity is striking. Read More   Air Share Programs vs Private Jet Charter Air share programs are ripped apart in this article, where some basic knowledge and math come together to disprove the cost-effectiveness of air share programs. Though air share programs do excel in some other aspects and each method of private jet time ownership is built for a specific type of customer. Nevertheless traditional charter come out on top

Global Express 6000

Aircraft of the Week - Global Express 6000 The Bombardier global express 6000 is an aircraft well known in the business aviation community and beyond. Global Express has become synonymous with top-end luxury. Occasionally, it is hard to group business jets into categories, jets like the Learjet 45 for example is hard to classify as a Light Jet or a Mid jet and is often put into a “Super Light Jet” category that sits between the two. The Global express 6000 is undoubtedly a long ranged heavy jet, there is no doubt about this aircraft. At nearly 100 feet long and with a 94 foot wingspan, this aircraft is a giant. Boasting a 6 ft 2 inch cabin height and a 7 foot 11 inch cabin width at it’s widest point, the Global Express 6000 cabin is not only tall enough for the majority of passengers, but also wide enough to accommodate a full sized bed and full sized bathroom with a shower. The cabin is filled with natural light though it's 28 large squared windows, which at a glance from outside, look very small, but once in the cabin, you can see the massive size of these windows. The Global 6000 offers a range of features, both expected and unexpected for a private aircraft of this size. The forward area of the cabin can house a crew rest area, allowing for the capability of swapping crews to allow longer flights with little risk of tired crews. Behind this area is a full sized galley, which traditionally hosts a large area to hold and prepare even the most difficult of foods. The cabin itself has dedicated temperature zones, allowing different parts of the cabin to

Our Favorite Private Jet Moments from 2014

Our Favorite Private Jet Moments from 2014 Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the Aircharter.com team! We here at Aircharter love our private jet photos, and included are our favorite 7 photos from 2014. Featured above was our aircraft of choice for transporting the Ghana National team to the FIFA World Cup in June of 2014. This 767 was selected especially for nonstop travel straight into brazil in a comfortable widebody; Featured in CNN's "Great World Cup Airplane Paint Jobs". The flight testing LearJet 85, shown here arriving in Orlando for NBAA2014. At this point, this Learjet had completed over 60 successful test flights. Starting with it's first flight in spring of 2014, this aircraft has never ceased to amaze, as the largest, and fastest learjet ever made. Capable of transporting 8 passengers up to 3,000 nautical miles. The learjet 85 teaser. At this point, we had yet to see anything except cabin mockups and approximate specifications. Later in 2014, flight testing would begin for expected delivery in 2016 or 2017. This angle of the learjet 85 makes the aircraft look much larger than it actually is, perhaps foreshadowing a mid sized lear sometime soon. The interior of a mockup Gulfstream G600 shown at NBAA2014, an all new aircraft to join the Gulfstream family. As it's name suggests, this will be right in between the G550 and G650 in terms of size and range capabilities. This large jet can be configured for up to 19 passengers with a very long cabin that while smaller than the G650, feels very comfortable. A G550 at the Marrakesh Airshow in spring 2014. The true scale of the G550 is seen here, the G550 is

Super Mid Sized Jets – Private Plane Charter Cost

Super Mid Sized Jets - Private Plane Charter Cost Each type of aircraft has it’s own price range for it’s hourly cost. A super mid sized jet private plane charter cost can vary greatly, as many aircraft are put in to the super mid sized category. Super mid sized jets are of course smaller than large jets, but in which way? Large jets are generally configured for up to 19 passengers, or most commonly in the range of 12-16 passengers in a much more spacious cabin environment. Super mid sized jets are built on a mid sized jet architecture and are more closely related to mid sized jets than their large jet counterparts. Generally, a super mid sized jet can seat up to 14 passengers, but are most commonly configured in 7-9 seat configurations. Mid sized jets tend to have narrow cabins and can get cramped quickly, but super mid sized jets offer a larger cabin in almost every case. The approximate range of super mid sized jets starts at approximately 2,200 nautical miles, and stop short of 4,000 nautical miles. Keep in mind, for transcontinental flights and even longer domestic flights, a super mid sized jet is sufficient in range to make your trip without a fuel stop. Super mid sized private plane charter costs can be anywhere between $3,000 to $9,000 an hour typically, with some outliers such as the Dassault Falcon 50 which is an older aircraft and can be found for much more competitive prices in the United States. The cost of chartering a super mid sized jet is best suited for longer range trips (over 2,000 nautical miles) for around 8-9 passengers. Any longer itinerary or larger amount of passengers