Dubai charter covers eleven categories of passenger aircraft, and the gap between the smallest and the largest is the difference between a thirty minute hop inside the Emirates and a nonstop to New York. This page is the map: pick the category that matches the trip, and each one lists the aircraft we quote in it.
Category Overview
Picking the Right Category
Two numbers decide it, and neither is the price. The first is how far you are going, because from Dubai that is the question that rules everything else: a Gulf leg opens up almost the whole fleet, while London or New York nonstop narrows it to the long range aircraft. The second is how many people are traveling, with their baggage, which is what actually fills a cabin. Above nineteen passengers the trip leaves the FAR Part 135 standards and would operate under FAR Part 121 or a foreign equivalent, which generally carry stricter crew and operating requirements, so that is a different quote rather than a bigger one. Tell us the route and the headcount and we will tell you which categories can actually do it.
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.
Dubai-Specific Patterns We Plan Around
A few things shape a Dubai charter regardless of the aircraft. The first is range: the flights to Europe, the Americas and the far side of Asia are decided by it, while a regional Gulf leg is a simpler question. The second is the airport. Dubai International Airport (OMDB/DXB) is the established field and private aviation uses it, and Al Maktoum International Airport (OMDW/DWC) is the newer one with more room. The cooler months from November through April are the tightest for availability, and Ramadan and Eid move each year. Whether a given aircraft can use a given field on your date is the operator’s call for that aircraft.
Contact
For a quote on a passenger charter into or out of Dubai, head to our contact page or call 1-888-987-5387 at any hour. For the vetting work behind every trip see our safety page, and our aircraft directory also covers cargo and medical flights. Air Charter Advisors has been a member of the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) since 2012, which is the industry body for business aviation in the United States.