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What is the difference between chartering and owning a private jet?
Answered by the Haute Jets private aviation team.
The short answer
Charter: pay per flight, zero ownership costs. Ownership: $2M–$75M+ purchase price, $500,000–$4M/year in operating costs (crew, maintenance, insurance, hangar). For travelers flying under 400 hours per year, charter is almost always more cost-effective than ownership.
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The full explanation
Charter: pay per flight, zero ownership costs. Ownership: $2M–$75M+ purchase price, $500,000–$4M/year in operating costs (crew, maintenance, insurance, hangar). For travelers flying under 400 hours per year, charter is almost always more cost-effective than ownership.
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