Group Charter Air Travel: Flying Together

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Group Charter Air Travel: Flying Together

In the aviation industry, group charter typically refers to a flight with 20 or more people – too many to fit on most business jets. Who is riding in those planes? Movie and TV productions, sports teams, music groups and humanitarian organizations, among many others, including the White House press corps. They’re typically looking to fly at times and to places that can be tricky to mesh with “scheduled service” air travel – i.e., commercial airlines traveling at set times from set places.

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Neil Harvey Receives BBGA 2024 Contribution to Industry Award

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Neil Harvey Receives BBGA 2024 Contribution to Industry Award

The British Business and General Aviation Association is pleased to recognize Neil Harvey, a renowned and popular industry leader in business aviation, for its 2024 Contribution to Industry award. Neil, Director of Executive Aviation at award-winning charter brokerage Hunt & Palmer, marked 30 years at the company this year. He has introduced many newcomers into the often-complex world of on-demand aviation and earned respect and friendship from industry peers around the world.

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Hunt and Palmer is The Air Charter Association's Charter Operators' Broker of the Year

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Hunt and Palmer is The Air Charter Association's Charter Operators' Broker of the Year

Hunt & Palmer was awarded Charter Operators’ Broker of the Year for the second time at The Air Charter Association’s annual awards, held on November 21st. The award, first introduced in 2022, recognizes the value the brokerage community delivers in facilitating executive, commercial and cargo air charters.

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Hunt & Palmer Announce Succession Plan

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After nearly 40 years at the head of the air charter brokerage which bears their name, Peter Hunt and Jeremy Palmer have announced the beginning of a process which will see management control for the Hunt & Palmer Group transition over the next 12 months.

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Hunt & Palmer: Is This the Perfect Storm for Air Charter?

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Hunt & Palmer: Is This the Perfect Storm for Air Charter?

The best news is that charter availability is much better than it was compared with Autumn (NBAA-BACE) last year.  There are clients who first discovered the flexibility of air charter in 2020 and continue to enjoy the flexibility and time-saving benefits of on-demand travel. And then there are executive aircraft owners who have chosen to put their aircraft into the charter market with AOC management companies, now they aren’t flying as much. 

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Charter Helps the Springboks Kick Back and Relax

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Charter Helps the Springboks Kick Back and Relax

Hunt & Palmer’s Commercial Aviation team was delighted to facilitate a series of charter flights for South Africa’s rugby team this month, enabling the Springboks to get a couple of friendly European matches under their belts ahead of the 2023 World Cup.  Their first tournament match starts on Sunday, September 10th in Marseille, against Scotland.

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Hunt & Palmer Highlights the Benefits of Air Charter at RotorTechUK

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Hunt & Palmer Highlights the Benefits of Air Charter at RotorTechUK

Hunt & Palmer PLC is looking forward to its debut participation at RotorTechUK 2023 at its new Sywell Aerodrome venue from June 8-10.  Jo Etherington is representing the leading aircraft charter brokerage, hosting an outdoor exhibit within the static display, and offering seating and refreshments. Visitors interested in business aircraft and helicopter charter are invited to drop by.

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Hunt & Palmer: Charter Activity as diverse as Ever and Corporates are Returning

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Hunt & Palmer: Charter Activity as diverse as Ever and Corporates are Returning

Having delivered an exceptionally strong first quarter of 2023, with a 30% growth over the same period in 2022, demand for air charter may have passed its peak, according to Hunt & Palmer PLC. However, the diversity of trips its broker teams are arranging in business aviation is as broad as anything the UK-headquartered private aviation charter brokerage has seen in four decades of trading.

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UK Business Aviation Operators in Buoyant Mood at BBGA Annual Conference

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UK Business Aviation Operators in Buoyant Mood at BBGA Annual Conference

Reflecting on a ‘rollercoaster of two years,’ we have almost forgotten the language of good, but we saw just that in 2022 across all parts of our business, highlighted Alex Durand, CEO of SaxonAir and Deputy Chair of the British Business General Aviation Association (BBGA). “Now we are debating whether we reinvest or just stay as we are.”

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Hunt & Palmer: Newcomers to Charter Aren't Looking Back

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Hunt & Palmer: Newcomers to Charter Aren't Looking Back

High demand coupled with a lack of charter aircraft has created a perfect storm for executive aircraft brokers – on both sides of the Atlantic. For the first time in her 25-year career, Wendi Matthews-Ortiz, Vice President, Executive Aviation USA at Hunt and Palmer PLC had to inform clients on two recent occasions – there weren’t any aircraft available at their price points. 

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Hunt & Palmer Scoops Charter Brokerage of the Year Award 2022

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Hunt & Palmer Scoops Charter Brokerage of the Year Award 2022

Hunt & Palmer PLC has been awarded the accolade of Charter Operators’ Broker of the Year – a brand new category for 2022 in The Air Charter Association’s annual awards. The award was introduced to recognize the value the brokerage community delivers in facilitating executive, commercial and cargo air charters.

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