Northstar provides bespoke aircraft charter services
Safety First
Safety First
For over thirty years Northstar provides bespoke aircraft charter services, specifically tailored to each client. We can provide you with any aircraft, anywhere in the world. We believe in tailoring an aircraft to the trip at hand, and to providing the safest plane for the mission. Knowing how to match an airplane to a specific trip incre
For over thirty years Northstar provides bespoke aircraft charter services, specifically tailored to each client. We can provide you with any aircraft, anywhere in the world. We believe in tailoring an aircraft to the trip at hand, and to providing the safest plane for the mission. Knowing how to match an airplane to a specific trip increases comfort, but most importantly, it enhances both efficiency and safety, not to mention cost-control. --Many factors are carefully weighed before making decisions. Safety and service, along with cost-consciousness are the cornerstones of our business. It's what we live by.
Safety First
Safety First
Safety First
When selecting a charter operator, it is important to be aware of the audit history and ratings of the operator. Audit ratings may be found by contacting the charter operator or through third-party safety auditors, e.g., International Standard for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-BAO), Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF), Aviation Resear
When selecting a charter operator, it is important to be aware of the audit history and ratings of the operator. Audit ratings may be found by contacting the charter operator or through third-party safety auditors, e.g., International Standard for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-BAO), Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF), Aviation Research Group U.S. (ARG/US), and Wyvern. Most brokers
and operators will provide an ARG/US Trip CHEQ report or a Wyvern Pass report showing that the operator meets or exceeds industry standards. Request a copy of the operator's most recent independent on-site safety audit, it should be within the past 2 years. Links to these audit organizations may be found via www.nbaa.org/charter.
Charter Market News
DEMAND IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN HIGH
THE CHARTER MARKET SEES A SEISMIC SHIFT
Consolidation, Covid, unprecedented demand, stock exchange listings-the charter industry has been on a wild ride of late, bringing both opportunities and challenges.
In June 2020, the market had cratered from Covid but activity stateside is up about 55 percent over pandemic-stunted 2020, according to Colorado-based Argus International.
It's driven, operators say, by an influx of new-to-business aviation customers, many of them younger and willing to spend more than traditional charterers-something customers across the board must do today. These new customers and the general pandemic push away from commercial carriers spurred dramatic change in the market.
A BIG TURNAROUND
Demand recovered as the year unfolded, and by the start of 2021, rates were at pre-pandemic levels; the average hourly charter rate for a midsize jet was $6,900, according to Argus. By July 2022, 18 months later, that midsize jet cost $9,300 per hour, a 35 percent increase, and the price has continued upward.
Additionally, operators have been moving toward dynamic pricing, which can spike peak demand prices by 50 percent, according to PJCC data. Jet card prices also increased 4 percent in the last quarter.
But demand still has exceeded the system's capacity. Some jet card and fractional ownership providers suspend sales to meet increased lift needs from current customers.
Even with the suspension, charter customers have found that service has been affected negatively, exacerbated by the absence of any slack in scheduling or supply.
There are delays every day!
Northstar's access to a full aray of operators, coupled with 35 years of connecting with charter operators, has made it possible to maintain a competive edge for its clients
Bio
Skip’s aviation career is wide and far-reaching spanning 40 years. Skip is rated in 10 different corporate aircraft including GIII, GIV, GV, G450, and G550s, Falcon 10, 50, and 900s as well as
Learjets and Citations. He was one of twelve Standards Committee pilots for three years at Tag Aviation overseeing a staff of 210 pilots flying 95 aircraft. Skip has held numerous senior positions in aviation as a Director of Operations, Chief Pilot, and Director of Maintenance. Skip is also an FAA-licensed Airframe and Powerplant Mechanic and more importantly a Designated Airworthiness Inspector for the FAA for a number of years. Skip managed Altec Lansing’s aviation department for 16 years before turning down American Airlines and United Airlines to stay in corporate aviation.
In the tradition of gentlemen warriors, Skip served honorably in the US Army Special Forces Reserve for 6 years. He was a Philosophy major at Ohio State and also studied Arab history at the American University of Beirut as an exchange student for a semester.
