Why Fly Charter?

Are you tired of waiting for an airline flight and having to fly on their schedule?   Let Shenandoah Charter Services show you what a private aircraft charter can do for you.  

Flying in a chartered airplane will save you time.   No longer will you have to fly on the airline's schedule, catch connecting flights, or make the drive of over 2 hours to get to Dulles, and then wait on prohibitively long lines to check in and get through security.   There will be no chance you will be randomly selected for extra security screening and have someone you don't know go through your personal belongings while you stand with your shoes off getting patted down by a security guard with a metal detecting wand.   You'll know everyone you're flying with, so you can feel comfortable with the people surrounding you.   Shenandoah Charter Services can often get you closer to your destination than an airline flight, saving even more travel time at your destination.   Let us know where you need to go and we'll find the closest suitable airport for you and arrange to have ground transportation waiting once we arrive.   This can save you several hours in the course of a day between the check-in and security lines, arriving closer to your destination, and having ground transportation waiting on you.

Private aircraft charters can save you money.   When you fly on the airlines, you pay for each seat you and your party will occupy, on a chartered flight, you're paying for the whole airplane and the price is the same if you fill the seats.   This can make the total direct cost less than flying on the airlines.   We all know that time is money, and in this fast paced world we live in now, time is getting very expensive.   Take a hypothetical trip with 3 businessmen who make $50,000 per year.   That works out to $200 per day per person, or $600 per day for our 3 businessmen.   Flying on the airline's schedule will often require an overnight stay to complete everything you will need to do.   Shenandoah Charter Services can have you there and back in the same day, effectively saving you $600 in salaries for the day you've missed.   For a company to retain employees profitably, each employee would need to bring in at least 150% of his or her salary, which would save the company an additional $900 in our hypothetical example.   Adding in hotel rooms, rental car, meals and other expenses, the difference in cost of being able to be home in the same day can easily exceed $2000 in our example.   The difference becomes even more dramatic if we look at how well you can retain customers through better service, and how many more customers you can bring in by having that extra day available to you to work.

Traveling with Shenandoah Charter Services will be less stressful.   When you need to travel, the hassles of traveling by the airlines can wear you out physically and emotionally.   A chartered flight will reduce this fatigue dramatically.   You'll arrive more awake and alert.   You'll be able to concentrate on your business rather than watching the clock to see what time you need to leave and fretting about the hassles of getting through security and getting home.

All of our aircraft are maintained to the highest standards.   Every flight, the airplane is given a thorough preflight and post-flight inspection for maintenance discrepancies.   Every 100 flight hours, the entire airplane is inspected from nose to tail.   All moving parts and wear items are carefully inspected and repaired or replaced as necessary.   Each system on the airplane is thoroughly inspected for proper operation and repaired as necessary.   If we find something wrong with an airplane, it is repaired immediately.

Shenandoah Charter Services' pilots are very experienced and held to the high standards of 14 CFR 135.   Our captains hold Airline Transport Pilot certificates, the highest level of pilot certificate offered by the Federal Aviation Administration, and are given recurrent training and testing every 6 months.   The most dangerous thing you'll do on any given day you fly is driving to and from the airport, please be careful on the roads.

You work hard for your money; shouldn't you feel like you do?   When you fly with Shenandoah Charter Services, we will show you how much we appreciate your business.   You'll be given first class treatment each and every time you fly with us.   Even our smallest airplane has more room per seat than coach class on the airlines.   Whether you're flying by yourself to Dulles, or taking your family to Miami, we'll do our best to exceed every expectation you have, and ensure you the best possible experience for your flight.