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Aircraft Charter Services in the US Procurement Price, Data and Insights
This report is intended to assist buyers of aircraft charter services. Aircraft charter services involve renting an entire aircraft and crew for business or personal flights. Buyers typically purchase this service on a per-flight basis. This market's suppliers include carriers, brokers and diversified fractional-share companies.
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What’s included in this market coverage
IBISWorld's research coverage on the Aircraft Charter Services procurement and pricing environment in the United States includes market dynamics, buyer power scores, supply chain vendors with pricing trends and forecasts.
About this Market
What’s this procurement report about?
This procurement coverage of the Aircraft Charter Services market in the United States includes Aircraft Charter Services and Purchase of Private Jet Services Through Jet Cards & Fractional Ownership. Standard coding in this coverage includes ISIC-511-Passenger air transport, NACE-51.10-Passenger Air Transport, NAICS-481211-Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation and UNSPSC-78111503-Chartered airplane travel.
What common market terminology is included?
Common market terminology included in the Aircraft Charter Services procurement coverage includes Deadhead Flight (A flight that re-positions an aircraft to its next departure location and typically does not transport any passengers, representing a sunk cost to suppliers.), Aviation Fuel (A category of high-quality petroleum-based fuels, which includes jet fuel and aviation gasoline.), Fractional Ownership (The partial purchase of a jet, which gives buyers access to the jet for a certain number of days of the year based on their share size.), Jet Card (A card that functions like a debit card and guarantees access to a private jet for the time period purchased, which is generally at least 25 hours.) and Surcharge (Additional cost added on to the price to cover the difference between the base rate included in the price versus the actual cost.).
What companies are included as top suppliers?
The top companies covered in the Aircraft Charter Services procurement report as suppliers are Air Charter Service Group Ltd., Wheels Up Partners LLC, Air Transport Services Group Inc., Advanced Air Llc and Vista Global Holding Limited.
Opportunity Assessment
What’s included in the Opportunity Assessment chapter?
The Opportunity Assessment chapter provides a comprehensive market analysis of the Aircraft Charter Services market in the United States category, including buyer power scoring, market pricing trends, vendor landscape, cost structure, and strategic negotiation levers.
The market pricing trends include the Market Price (2026) per passenger per hour, a five year price forecast and a supply chain risk score. Vendor coverage includes a market share and cost structure breakdown.
Analysis includes a comprehensive SWOT analysis of and recent developments impacting the Aircraft Charter Services market environment.
Buyer Power Score
What’s included in the Buyer Power Score chapter?
The Buyer Power Score chapter assesses key components impacting Aircraft Charter Services procurement including the recent price trend, forecast price trend, availability of substitutes, switching costs, product specialization, average vendor risk, market share concentration, supply chain risk, price driver volatility and recent price volatility.
These components generate a Buyer Power Score that ranges from -5 (strongly favoring sellers) to +5 (strongly favoring buyers) plus a recommended strategy for procurement specialists.
Price Environment
What’s included in the Price Environment chapter?
The Price Environment chapter covers detailed pricing analysis and datasets on Aircraft Charter Services market environment. This includes insights into market pricing Market Price (2026), price forecasts, volatility, specialization, substitutes and switching costs.
Datasets in the Price Environment chapter include vendor cost structure, breakdowns of wage rates by geography and specialty, key external economic and labor drivers impacting the market and market pricing models.
Supply Chain & Vendors
What’s included in the Supply Chain & Vendors chapter?
The Supply Chain & Vendors chapter covers the concentration, risk and diversity of the Aircraft Charter Services market. This includes datasets on the market’s top suppliers, detailed analysis on the key sourcing risks and supply chain dynamics, with environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations and scores.
Business Requirements
What’s included in the Business Requirements chapter?
The Business Requirements chapter covers vendor relationships, qualifications, service level agreements and key performance indicators. These inputs provide insight into the planning process through the buying lead time, vendor relationship and vendor qualifications. The sourcing process include key RFP elements like an organizational overview, project budget, selection criteria, project schedule, proposal format, inventory control, cost containment, regulation, quality control, distribution and key contract clauses.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the current market price for Aircraft Charter Services?
The 2026 benchmark market price for Aircraft Charter Services is $11100 per passenger per hour. Prices have increased at a CAGR of 4.99 from 2023-26.
Who are the top vendors in the Aircraft Charter Services market?
The top vendors in the Aircraft Charter Services market include Air Charter Service Group Ltd., Wheels Up Partners LLC, Air Transport Services Group Inc., Advanced Air Llc and Vista Global Holding Limited.
What industries supply the Aircraft Charter Services market?
The top industries supplying the Aircraft Charter Services market are Aircraft, Marine & Railroad Transportation Equipment Wholesaling in the US, Aircraft, Engine & Parts Manufacturing in the US, Machine Shop Services in the US, Gasoline & Petroleum Wholesaling in the US and Gasoline & Petroleum Bulk Stations in the US.
What is the supply chain risk for Aircraft Charter Services?
Low market share concentration empowers buyers with strong negotiation leverage and flexible sourcing. Buyers benefit from a low concentration of market share in the aircraft charter services space, due to the large pool of charter service providers and the lack of dominant firms with price-setting power. This dynamic creates frequent opportunities for competitive bidding, allowing procurement teams to negotiate aggressively on rates, service levels, and contract terms or use a pool of alternate suppliers to retain sourcing flexibility.
What factors affect the price of Aircraft Charter Services?
Aircraft size directly correlates with charter pricing, as larger aircraft typically accommodate more passengers and cargo, leading to higher operational costs and service fees. For example, chartering a light jet typically costs less per person per hour than chartering a heavy jet due to the higher rate of fuel consumption and the higher level of certification required of the pilot for the heavy jet.
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