Jet Charter NYC arranges private flights for New York clients who want to bring their animals along, whether that is a lapdog, a Great Dane, a cat or a parrot. Many of these trips are part of a family’s regular year, such as the move south to Palm Beach for the winter or out to the Hamptons for the summer.
Your pet rides in the cabin with you
Most people charter with an animal for one reason: the pet sits with the family for the whole flight and never goes into the hold. That matters a great deal for an older dog, a nervous cat or a breed that struggles with airline travel. There are no terminal crowds to get through, so the animal usually arrives calmer too.
Tell us about the animal before we quote
Each operator writes its own pet policy, and some aircraft do not take animals at all. On the first call, please tell your advisor what kind of animal it is, how much it weighs and whether it will fly in a carrier. We will then look only at aircraft whose operators will take the booking, so there are no surprises close to the departure date.
It helps to mention more than one pet, or an especially large dog, at the same time. Both can change which aircraft will work.
Traveling abroad with a pet
Taking an animal to another country brings paperwork, and sometimes quarantine, set by the destination. You and your veterinarian handle those requirements, and they often take longer to complete than the flight takes to arrange. The operator may also ask for some of those documents before the flight, and we will pass that request on to you.
Horses and larger animals
Moving a horse or livestock is arranged differently from flying with a dog in the cabin. These animals usually travel on a cargo aircraft with specialist handlers on board. Let us know the animals, the numbers and the route, and our air cargo charter page explains how we arrange those flights.
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
For a quote on a New York charter, send the trip through our contact page or call an advisor at 1-888-987-5387. Our safety page sets out how we review operators and crews, and the aircraft gallery covers every category we arrange. We are also a member of the National Business Aviation Association.