Can you move a large group — a team, a crew, a wedding party?

Yes. Above roughly 16 passengers the aircraft moves from a business jet to a VIP airliner such as an ACJ319 or a BBJ, which carry 18 to 50 people in a private configuration. For a sports team or a film crew the deciding factor is usually baggage and equipment volume rather than seat count, so send the equipment list with the request.

How much does it cost to charter a private jet?

Roughly $3,200–$4,800 per flight hour on a light jet, $6,000–$8,500 on a super-midsize, $8,000–$11,500 on a heavy jet and $12,000–$18,000 on an ultra-long-range aircraft, plus ground handling at both ends. A short European hop such as London to Nice typically lands between $14,000 and $25,000; Dubai to London on a heavy jet is usually $65,000 to $105,000. Prices move with where the aircraft happens to be that week, which is why we quote a real number per request rather than a rate card.

How much luggage can I take?

Baggage is limited by volume, not by piece count — around 50 cubic feet on a light jet and 115 on a heavy jet. Skis, golf bags and oversized cases are fine but must be declared when you request the quote, because they can change which aircraft works. Weight matters on long legs: a full cabin plus heavy baggage can shorten range enough to add a fuel stop.

How far in advance do I need to book?

Four to six hours is usually enough for a domestic or intra-European leg if an aircraft is already positioned nearby. Intercontinental flights need longer for crew duty time, overflight and landing permits. The genuine constraints are seasonal: Nice and Ibiza in July, Geneva in ski season, and Riyadh at any time because of permit lead times.

How do you check that an operator is safe?

Every flight is operated by a company holding a valid air operator certificate in its own jurisdiction. We check that certificate, the operator’s insurance cover, and its third-party safety rating — ARGUS, Wyvern or IS-BAO — before offering the aircraft, and we show you the operator name and rating before you pay so you can verify it yourself.

Services

VIP airliner charter

In short

What is a VIP airliner and when do you need one?

A VIP airliner is an airliner airframe — an Airbus A319 or a Boeing 737 — fitted with a private cabin instead of rows of seats. They carry eighteen to fifty passengers with bedrooms, a conference area and a galley a crew can properly work in. You need one when the group is too large for a business jet, or when the flight is long enough that a bed stops being a luxury.

01How it works

Arranging vip airliner charter

What they cost and why

Roughly $18,000 to $28,000 per flight hour, plus handling that is higher than for a business jet because the aircraft is larger and needs more ground support. The rate looks steep next to a heavy jet until you divide it by thirty passengers, at which point it is frequently the cheapest way to move a group privately.

Where they cannot go

A VIP airliner needs around 6,500 feet of runway and cannot use many of the small business-aviation fields that make private travel convenient. London City, Farnborough and Teterboro are all out. That often means a longer road transfer at one end, which is worth factoring in before choosing the aircraft rather than after.

Cabin configurations differ enormously

Two ACJ319s can be entirely different aircraft inside. One may be laid out for forty-eight passengers in a corporate shuttle configuration with rows of seats; another may carry eighteen with two bedrooms, a full galley and a conference room. The airframe tells you almost nothing about what you are chartering. This matters commercially as well as comfortably: the eighteen-seat aircraft costs roughly the same per hour as the forty-eight-seat one, so on passenger count alone the shuttle configuration is far better value, while on a twelve-hour sector the bedrooms may be the entire point. We send the actual cabin layout for the specific tail number rather than a manufacturer's brochure image, because on this class of aircraft the difference between the two is routinely the difference between the trip you expected and the one you got.

02Constraints

Worth knowing before you ask

Cabin layouts vary enormously between two aircraft of the same type; the tail number matters more than the model.
Repositioning an airliner is expensive, so a one-way trip is priced very differently from a return.
Runway and parking requirements exclude many convenient airports.
Fewer aircraft exist, so availability at short notice is genuinely limited.
Crew requirements are larger, which affects duty time on long days.

03The aircraft

Aircraft typically used

Drawn to one scale from real airframe dimensions. Which one suits your trip depends on the leg and the load rather than the passenger count alone.

VIP airliners
18–50 pax · 118 ft span

04Your part

What to send with the request

Every service has two or three details that change the answer entirely. Including them in the first message turns one exchange into a quote instead of four.

Passenger count and cabin expectations: Whether you need bedrooms, a conference area or simply seats changes which airframes work and how many are available on your dates.
Both airports: These aircraft need around 6,500 feet of runway and are excluded from London City, Farnborough and Teterboro. Naming the airports early avoids a quote you cannot use.
How far ahead you are planning: Far fewer VIP airliners exist than business jets, so availability at short notice is genuinely limited rather than merely expensive.

05Before you pay

What we commit to on every booking

We have no completed flights to point at yet, and we are not going to invent any. What we can do is put the terms in writing before you ask for them.

What we commit to

Nothing is charged before the aircraft is confirmed.
You receive the operating carrier’s legal name, its AOC number and the aircraft registration in writing before any invoice or wallet address is issued. If those three things are not in front of you, you have not been asked to pay yet.
One commission, inside the price you were quoted.
Our margin is already in the number you agreed to. There is no second invoice, no booking fee added at the end, and no separate charge for arranging the flight. If the total moves after you have accepted it, the reason is a change you asked for.
No surcharge on any payment method, including cryptocurrency.
Card, bank transfer, USDT, Bitcoin and cash settle at the same price. We do not price crypto as a premium service, and we do not discount it to move you onto a rail that is harder to reverse.
If the operator cancels, you choose the remedy — not us.
Aircraft go technical and operators occasionally fail. When that happens before departure you are offered a replacement aircraft on equivalent terms or a full refund, and the choice between them is yours. We do not get to decide that a substitute was good enough.

These form part of our terms of business. If any of them changes, the change is dated there rather than made quietly here.

06Get a price

Tell us the trip

Route, date and how many people is enough to start. Anything specific to this service — an animal, an equipment list, a medical report — can follow in the same thread.

Questions

Can you move a large group — a team, a crew, a wedding party?: Yes. Above roughly 16 passengers the aircraft moves from a business jet to a VIP airliner such as an ACJ319 or a BBJ, which carry 18 to 50 people in a private configuration. For a sports team or a film crew the deciding factor is usually baggage and equipment volume rather than seat count, so send the equipment list with the request.
How much does it cost to charter a private jet?: Roughly $3,200–$4,800 per flight hour on a light jet, $6,000–$8,500 on a super-midsize, $8,000–$11,500 on a heavy jet and $12,000–$18,000 on an ultra-long-range aircraft, plus ground handling at both ends. A short European hop such as London to Nice typically lands between $14,000 and $25,000; Dubai to London on a heavy jet is usually $65,000 to $105,000. Prices move with where the aircraft happens to be that week, which is why we quote a real number per request rather than a rate card.
How much luggage can I take?: Baggage is limited by volume, not by piece count — around 50 cubic feet on a light jet and 115 on a heavy jet. Skis, golf bags and oversized cases are fine but must be declared when you request the quote, because they can change which aircraft works. Weight matters on long legs: a full cabin plus heavy baggage can shorten range enough to add a fuel stop.
How far in advance do I need to book?: Four to six hours is usually enough for a domestic or intra-European leg if an aircraft is already positioned nearby. Intercontinental flights need longer for crew duty time, overflight and landing permits. The genuine constraints are seasonal: Nice and Ibiza in July, Geneva in ski season, and Riyadh at any time because of permit lead times.
How do you check that an operator is safe?: Every flight is operated by a company holding a valid air operator certificate in its own jurisdiction. We check that certificate, the operator’s insurance cover, and its third-party safety rating — ARGUS, Wyvern or IS-BAO — before offering the aircraft, and we show you the operator name and rating before you pay so you can verify it yourself.

Group and team charter