Recurring Charter Programs

When the same movement repeats, every week, every swing, every match round, every campaign, buying it as a series of separate charters is the most expensive way to do it. Each booking is priced in isolation, availability is tested at short notice, and no operator can plan aircraft or crew around you.

A program changes that. Because the pattern is known in advance, operators can position aircraft and crew efficiently, and that efficiency shows up in the price. It also gives procurement a single defensible number for a defined period rather than a column of varying invoices, which matters when the spend has to survive a budget review or a tender process.

The third benefit is operational. A known pattern means known contingency: what happens when a rotation slips, when weather closes a strip, when passenger numbers move. Those answers are agreed once at the start instead of negotiated every time something changes.

The intake is deliberately simple and estimates are acceptable. We can produce a workable answer from approximate figures and refine it once the pattern firms up.

• Origin, and any additional pickup points
• Destination, airport, aerodrome or strip
• Passenger count, per rotation or per movement
• Days of operation, the days of the week the program runs
• Required departure times, outbound and return windows
• Program commencement, the intended start date
• Program duration, months, a season, a campaign, or ongoing
• Frequency, rotations per week or per month
• Baggage, checked allowance plus any tooling or equipment
• Additional requirements, runway limits, compliance, catering, accessibility

Not every repeating requirement is the same shape, and forcing them into one contract type produces bad pricing. We generally see four structures.

• Fixed ongoing programs, a stable weekly or fortnightly pattern over months or years
• Defined-period campaigns, shutdowns, turnarounds, construction and commissioning phases
• Seasonal programs, patterns that run for part of the year and stand down for the rest
• Supplementary capacity, additional flying that sits alongside existing contracted arrangements

Pricing reflects the aircraft type required, sector length, the number of rotations, the timing of those rotations, positioning requirements, aerodrome constraints and the program's duration. Duration and stability are the two levers with the biggest effect: a twelve-month fixed pattern prices very differently from four unconfirmed months.

We are explicit about what is included and what is variable, fuel movements, aerodrome charges, handling, de-icing where relevant, and the basis on which additional or cancelled rotations are treated. Procurement teams need to see those boundaries, not just a headline rate.

Aviall Group arranges dedicated aircraft charter capacity and is not the aircraft operator. Every rotation is flown by an appropriately approved operator selected for that route and aerodrome.

Mining, energy and resources operations running rotational workforces. Contractors mobilising crews for shutdowns and construction campaigns. Sports organisations with a fixture list. Tour operators with a repeating itinerary. Government and institutional programs with regular movement requirements. Travel managers and TMCs who need charter capability behind an existing travel programme.

In each case the working model is the same: one desk that knows the pattern, holds the operator relationships and answers when something changes at 3am.