Air travel by way of jet charter has been a mainstay of corporate culture for decades, though smaller businesses were generally relegated to commercial airliners because of cost. A new web company, Charter Hound, is geared towards changing how travelers engage with private jet companies by taking costly obstacles out of the way and putting affordable options at users’ fingertips.
A charter is generally arranged by contacting a fleet owner, working with a broker, or paying for jet card membership. This is problematic for businesses with small traveling budgets for several reason, but the most obvious is cost. Brokers up-charge with a percentage of the total air rate, fleet owners may only offer a limited and insufficient variety of jets, and jet cards only get users in the air some times.
Customers paying the high price of flying privately should have plenty of planes to choose from, according to Charter Hound. Because the website’s search engine indexes hundreds of fleets from around the world, it can offer a selection of aircraft practically unseen from any other resource. It also has the benefit of avoiding any fees that might be levied by a third party.
Charter Hound only receives a commission from its partners if its users decide to make a booking found in the search results. This means that any business the company refers to flight providers, it must reflect positively on its own brand. The service’s reputation depends on point its users to the best possible planes in the world, otherwise it would be an unsustainable business model.