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Charter Airplanes Provide Enhanced Safety for Passengers

Charter airplanes are more popular today than ever. Since the horrible events of September 11, 2001, the industry numbers for private air charter travel have soared. The concern for safety while traveling has been the reason for this big increase in popularity. Charter airplanes now fly about four million hours per year, an increase of about two million hours over the past ten years. In order to fly on a commercial airline, you are faced with potentially long check-in lines, increased security measures and of course, increased safety concerns. Nowadays, businesses are looking into their options for air travel.

"It's smarter to charter," says Jacque Rosser, flight operations manager for the National Air Transportation Association. "There's a faster security processing, no lines to wait in, people carry your bags for you. All in all, it's the best kind of transportation you can buy with your dollar." On charter airplanes, all of your needs and wants will be catered to by a friendly, professional staff. You can customize your amenities ranging from internet connections and fax machines to dining/conference rooms as well as private sleeping quarters.

Are you unsure of how to locate a company to service your travel needs? Well, you can check out the yellow pages for information, contact your local regional airport for listings and contact information or check the Air Charter Guide. This is a 1,000 page directory that lists all of the air charter operators in the world. If you don’t want to purchase a copy of the guide, you can find it online.

For easy referencing, operators are listed by name and location. It is important to narrow down your list of operators, once you have completed this, look for some basic information. Find out if the company has a Federal Aviation Association Air Carrier Operating Certificate. Get the name on the certificate. Get the name and telephone number of the company's FAA Flight Standards Districts Office and who the FAA Principal Operations Inspector is. 
 
For many people, cost is a huge concern as it relates to charter airplanes. Prices typically range from $75 to $6,500 per hour. Keep in mind that the actual cost will depend on a variety of factors such as how many passengers will be traveling on the plane, what types of amenity requests have been made, where you are traveling to, and how long you wish to rent the aircraft. Many businesses today are able to fly their employees to more than one meeting in a day’s time which saves money for the business as well as improves productivity.

The idea of being able to travel to several business meetings in one day and get home to spend time with you family sounds too good to be true. However, more and more people who actively travel for business purposes are able to accomplish this by flying on charter airplanes. If your time is valuable, I suggest that you educate yourself on this particular method of air travel. You will be happy that you did!