About Own vs Charter
Whole ownership, fractional, jet card or ad hoc charter: which one fits the way you actually fly, judged on hours, mission, passengers, notice and the charter certificate question.
What is on this site
One question, "private jet ownership vs charter", answered with a checker that works on the page with no account, 3 guides on the questions around it, a data table you can cite (the figures and their method), and the sources every figure rests on.
- Fractional vs jet card: what you are actually buying: A fractional share is an asset with a defined regulatory structure. A jet card is prepaid hours with a service promise. The differences that matter in practice.
- Putting your jet on a charter certificate: what changes: Charter revenue offsets fixed costs, and changes the rules the aircraft flies under, who has operational control, and what your insurer charges.
- The breakeven hours figure, and why we will not quote one: Everyone repeats a breakeven number for owning versus chartering. Nobody publishes one. Here is what actually determines it, and how to work out your own.
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Own vs Charter is an independent information site operated by Ellul Solutions Ltd. It is not affiliated with the Federal Aviation Administration, the UK Civil Aviation Authority, EASA or any operator, programme, broker or manufacturer, and nothing here is financial, tax or legal advice. Whether an arrangement amounts to carriage for compensation or hire is a legal question with criminal and insurance consequences, take aviation counsel before structuring anything.