Last-minute flight for large group of students

We were asked to help arrange a last-minute flight for 245 students and educational staff, who were travelling from New York to California. Aircraft availability was limited with just two weeks to go until the group needed to depart, so we needed to think outside the box to pull off the client’s first charter with us.

We initially wanted to charter a wide-body aircraft, but found none were available at such short notice. Our experts instead decided to split the 245 passengers between two narrow-body planes, before sourcing a Boeing B737 and an Airbus A319 from different operators. The smaller aircrafts’ reduced payload presented an additional challenge. We resolved this by arranging for one charter to depart from JFK Airport, while the other aircraft flew from Westchester with a fuel stop en route.