Chartering Planes in Ireland

homerjay2005

looked about here for a thread i could fit this into but nothing suits...so,


what are the best companies that do charter flights in ireland/uk?

im looking into hiring a plane,bout 120-150 seats if possible,for a few football based trips over the winter

what sort of prices are we looking at?

appreciate any help.

highlydebased

Not cheap at all.

Titan Airways (UK) do alot of that sort of work. Would also be worth looking at Jet2 or Thomson, they'd have spare capacity for that sort of work over the winter.

homerjay2005

Neon-Circles wrote: »

Not cheap at all.

Titan Airways (UK) do alot of that sort of work. Would also be worth looking at Jet2 or Thomson, they'd have spare capacity for that sort of work over the winter.

rought cost say from Dublin to UK? we talking 10k,20k more?

will contact those now for a quote anyway!

Neworder79

Cityjet were chartered to fly the Sligo GAA team from Ireland West to Kerry last year on a 146 jet so they might be an option.

Aer Arann do some charters but max is 70 seat turboprop and they can't go much further than UK.

andy_g

you also have air southwest they do charter services but again aircraft capacity is 50 pax on the dash 8

CaptainSkidmark

Im actually looking to book a plane for 211 people from amsterdam - cork - dublin.

we have a 2 week break coming up here so we need to get everyone back to ireland for 2 weeks. any suggestions on a aircraft type?

Neworder79

A320 can handle 170/80, 737-800 will take max 189. So you're into widebody territory after 200 seats. A 757-200 would probably be the optimal aircraft though I'd imagine it will be a lot more expensive than booking scheduled flights. Titan have a 752, and Thomson, Thomas Cook, Monarch, Icelandair, Jet 2 also operate them as well as some charter airlines:

http://www.emptyleg.com/eng/catavion/fichavion.asp?id=108
http://www.euroatlantic.pt/
http://www.flyastraeus.com/
http://www.aircontractors.com
http://www.titan-airways.co.uk/

bladeruner

Neworder79 wrote: »

A320 can handle 170/80, 737-800 will take max 189. So you're into widebody territory after 200 seats.

Airbus 321 in all economy format (Aer Lingus for example ) has 212 seats.
sounds just about perfect for your job.
Just dont know anyone hiring them.

Tea 1000

Neworder79 wrote: »

Cityjet were chartered to fly the Sligo GAA team from Ireland West to Kerry last year on a 146 jet so they might be an option.

Aer Arann do some charters but max is 70 seat turboprop and they can't go much further than UK.

2,500kms approx is the range of the new ATR 72-500. Depends on weight, but that's the ball-park, but ya - they can go further than the UK, quite a bit!

Lifelike

A Boeing 737-900 would also do the job (215 seats), although they're rarer than the A321, I think.

homerjay2005

58,000 pounds per trip to manchester is the quote off titan:eek::eek::eek::eek:

f8cking hell, i was thinking something between 15-20k.

atr7242

DUB based 733 Y147

charters@aircontractors.com

Grease Monkey

Thats a nice bit of cash!!!Try cityjet,they've been running charters over to manchester for the home games all season including champions league matches

andy_g

Just remember though its coming into peak season so scheduled flights are going to have more pax onboard and so their A/C will have more flights.
For chartering the A/C during peak the qoute will be alot higher than during off peak (winter schedule)