Charter Flights — Your Route, Your Date, Your Aircraft

A charter flight is an entire aircraft hired for your group, flying the route, date and schedule you choose rather than the airline's published timetable. Where a group fare buys seats on an existing flight and a fixed departure sells pre-blocked seats on set dates, a charter creates the flight itself — which makes it the right tool when the party is very large, the route has no convenient scheduled service, or the timing is non-negotiable.

When a charter makes sense

• Very large parties — weddings, corporate movements or pilgrimage groups big enough to fill most of an aircraft, where per-seat charter cost approaches a group fare.
• Routes without direct scheduled flights, where a connecting itinerary would cost the group a day each way.
• Fixed timing — event travel, sports fixtures and executive schedules that cannot bend to a timetable.
• Privacy and control over the whole cabin.

Charter vs group fare vs fixed departure

• Charter: you hire the aircraft. Highest total cost, complete control, any route or date.
• Group fare: the airline holds 10+ seats on its scheduled flight at one negotiated rate. Much cheaper, but the airline's route and timetable apply.
• Fixed departure: pre-blocked seats on set dates at a locked price, bookable seat by seat with instant confirmation.

How charter requests work on JourneyDeal

Charters are quoted case by case: tell our group desk the route, date, passenger count and any timing constraints through the group booking page, and we come back with aircraft options and a whole-aircraft price, alongside a group-fare quote on scheduled flights so you can compare per-seat costs before committing. Travel agents can place charter enquiries for their customers through the same desk.