Insights

Guides & Insights

Practical detail on chartering privately, written by the people who arrange it. Thirty-five years of operating from London Farnborough and Teterboro, set down in a form you can actually use.

London Farnborough Airport business aviation terminal

Guides

How to Choose a Private Jet Charter Broker

Anyone can set up as a charter broker tomorrow. Twelve questions that separate the firms worth using from the rest, including several we would expect to be asked ourselves.

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A dog resting in the cabin of a private jet

Travel

Flying Private With Your Pet After the 2026 Rule Changes

EU pet passports no longer work for GB residents. What the April rule change means in practice, and the one requirement that catches private travellers out more than any other.

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Business jets on the ramp at London Farnborough Airport

Guides

Private Jet Size Guide: Which Aircraft Is Right for Your Trip?

Light, midsize, heavy and ultra-long-range compared, plus helicopters and airliners. Passenger count is the obvious question and rarely the deciding one.

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Helicopter transfer, often the fastest way from airport to resort

Destinations

Which Airport Is Best for Your Ski Charter?

Twelve airports across the Alps, North America and Japan compared. Runway limits, weather minima, curfews and transfer times, because the nearest airport is often the wrong answer.

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Charter movement for a touring party

Operations

Behind the Scenes of Moving a World Tour

A world tour, a film unit, a squad, a delegation, a roadshow. Different industries, one shared problem: a fixed point in the diary and several hundred people downstream of the arrival.

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A helicopter arriving over the crowd at Knebworth Park

Heritage

How Starflight Built a Temporary Airport for Knebworth

In our first year of trading we built an airfield from a field, had it licensed for night flying, and ran 250 helicopter movements through it in a single day.

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Our Services

What We Arrange

Private jet and helicopter charter worldwide, from London Farnborough and Teterboro, New Jersey. Independent, ISO certified, and available at any hour.

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