VIP airliners are among the aircraft Jet Charter NYC arranges for trips to and from New York. The types we arrange seat 8 to 172 passengers, with published ranges from 1,645 to 7,800 nautical miles. Which one suits your trip depends on the passenger count, the baggage, the distance and the airports at both ends.
Typical Aircraft
The types we arrange in this category are Airbus A320 (VIP), Airbus A340-300, Airbus A340-600, Airbus ACJ318, Airbus ACJ318 Elite, Airbus ACJ319, Airbus ACJ320, Airbus ACJ321, Boeing 727-251 VIP, Boeing 737-200 (VIP), Boeing 757 VIP, Boeing 787-9 (VIP), Boeing Business Jet (BBJ), Bombardier CRJ-200, Bombardier CRJ-200 VIP, Challenger 850 and McDonnell Douglas MD-83.
When a VIP Airliner Fits a New York Trip
VIP airliners take the New York groups that outgrow a heavy jet, such as corporate delegations, sports teams and large family trips. Once the group runs past nineteen passengers, the trip no longer falls under FAR Part 135, the FAA’s rules for on-demand, for-hire charter. Those flights operate under FAR Part 121 or a foreign equivalent, which generally carries stricter crew and operating requirements than both Part 91 and Part 135. Fewer of these aircraft are available, so they usually need more notice.
Cabin size, baggage space and range vary across these 17 types, so send us the details and we will narrow the list down for you.
Whether a particular aircraft can use a particular airport on your date is the operator’s call for that aircraft, its weight and the day’s weather, and your advisor will confirm it before anything is booked.
Vetting Behind Every Trip
Every operator, aircraft, and crew goes through our internal due diligence before we present any options. Our internal standards meet or exceed what the FAA requires:
- FAR Part 135 charter operators for traditional private aircraft, or FAR Part 121 for airliner-size and group trips (or the foreign equivalent on international legs)
- Operator subscription to Wyvern and ARGUS reviewed where the operator participates.
- Pilot experience and operator incident history reviewed before we recommend an aircraft.
- Fewer than 60 brokers worldwide hold Premium Wyvern Broker Member status, and Air Charter Advisors is one of them.
New York-Specific Patterns We Plan Around
New York has more airports to choose from than almost any other city, and the right one depends on where you are starting from on the ground. Teterboro, about eight miles from Midtown, is usually the closest to Manhattan and has a 100,000 lb operating-weight limit, Westchester County Airport in White Plains suits Westchester and Greenwich, and Republic and MacArthur serve Long Island. LaGuardia, JFK and Newark take private flights too, but each needs a reservation or approval under an FAA order, so we usually start elsewhere. Several of these airports can clear a flight arriving from abroad. Air traffic control delays reach the business-aviation airports as well as the airline ones, and from roughly November through March, de-icing can add time to a departure.
Contact
Tell us the route, the dates and who is traveling, and we will come back with aircraft that fit. Call 1-888-987-5387 or use our contact page. The aircraft overview shows every category, and our safety page explains how we review operators. We are also a member of the National Business Aviation Association.