Who we are
Air Charter Monaco arranges private charter flights to and from Monaco and the French Riviera. We are a US-based private air charter broker, headquartered in the Philadelphia region, with team members and affiliates around the world, and the phone is answered at any hour, on any day of the year.
Many of our Monaco clients fly in from the United States for the Grand Prix in June, the Monaco Yacht Show in September or a summer on the Riviera, and many come back several times a year to a home or a yacht in the Principality. Tell us the dates, who is traveling, where you are staying and what everyone is bringing, and your advisor will find the aircraft, check the operator and look after the details until you arrive.
What we arrange
Most of our work is on-demand charter. You have the whole aircraft for your trip, and we arrange it with the operator from start to finish. Alongside that, we arrange:
- Group charter for families, event guests and company trips
- Aircraft sales and acquisition for clients considering ownership
- Aircraft management for existing aircraft owners
- Air cargo charter for time-critical freight
- Non-emergency medical transport for passengers who need medical support on board
How private flights reach Monaco
Monaco has no airport runway of its own, so private jets land on the French Riviera, and the last part of the journey is by car or by helicopter to the Monaco Heliport in Fontvieille.
Nice Côte d’Azur Airport (NCE) is where almost every trip lands. It is about ten nautical miles from the Monaco Heliport, and its customs and air traffic control are open around the clock. Cannes-Mandelieu Airport (CEQ) takes smaller business jets and is closer to Cannes, while the largest jets always use Nice. Saint-Tropez La Môle is a restricted airport with special conditions, so ask your advisor before planning a trip around it.
Nice and Cannes are in France, so a flight from the United States clears French border control when it lands, and Monaco adds no border formalities of its own. The runway an aircraft needs is calculated by the operator for that day’s conditions, and we confirm it with the operator before you book.
Who we work with
Fewer than 60 brokers worldwide hold Premium Wyvern Broker Member status, and Air Charter Advisors is one of them. Wyvern is an independent third-party aviation safety organization. It audits how brokers work and keeps a database of operator safety records, and holding that membership means our own practices are audited too. Before we send you any options, we confirm the operator’s certification, look at their safety and incident history, and check that the pilots are experienced and current on the aircraft type they will be flying on.
We work with FAR Part 135 charter operators for traditional private aircraft, or the foreign equivalent. Part 135 is the FAA’s set of rules for on-demand, for-hire charter, and it carries stricter operating, crew, and insurance requirements than FAR Part 91, the rules for private, non-commercial flying that cannot be sold as charter. When your total passenger count outgrows a heavy jet and the group consists of more than nineteen passengers, the aircraft required would fall into regional airliner, or airliner-size. These trips would no longer fall under the FAR Part 135 standards but possibly operate under FAR Part 121 or foreign equivalent standards. Part 121 and equivalent generally carry stricter crew and operating requirements than FAR Part 91 and FAR Part 135.
We have also been a member of the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) since 2012.
Get a quote
Call 1-888-987-5387 or send us the trip details, and we will come back with options. To see how we review the operators behind every trip, read our Monaco charter safety page. For the aircraft we arrange most often for Monaco, see our aircraft guide.