Air Charter Monaco arranges flights for artists, crews and fans traveling from the United States to concerts and festivals in Monaco and along the French Riviera, and home again afterward.
Flying a touring party across the Atlantic
A band, its crew and its management rarely fit an airline timetable. The show date is fixed, the party wants to stay together, and nobody wants to spend the day before a performance changing planes. We arrange one aircraft for the whole group, timed around the show.
The crossing from the East Coast to Nice is a long one. A long-range jet usually makes it in one flight, while a heavy or super midsize jet usually stops for fuel on the way. Your advisor will lay out both options, so you can weigh the bigger cabin against the extra stop.
Instruments and production gear
Guitar cases, keyboards and production equipment take up space that a seat count does not show. Send us the equipment list along with the passenger names, with sizes and weights where you have them. When the gear is too large for the aircraft carrying the band, it can travel separately on its own cargo flight.
When the party gets large
Most private charter flights operate under FAR Part 135, the FAA’s set of rules for on-demand, for-hire charter. Once the group runs past nineteen passengers, the trip calls for an airliner-size aircraft and no longer falls under FAR Part 135. Those flights operate under FAR Part 121 or a foreign equivalent, which generally carries stricter crew and operating requirements than both Part 91 and Part 135. There are fewer of these aircraft to choose from, so please give us the headcount as early as you can.
Flying in for the show
Fans and guests also fly over for summer concerts on the Riviera, and some turn the trip into a few days in Monaco. Passenger names and itineraries go only to the operator and the crew flying your trip. For a full touring party, our VIP airliners page shows the larger cabins we can arrange.
Vetting Behind Every Trip
Every operator, aircraft, and crew goes through our internal due diligence before we present any options. Our internal standards meet or exceed what the FAA requires:
- FAR Part 135 charter operators for traditional private aircraft, or FAR Part 121 for airliner-size and group trips (or the foreign equivalent on international legs)
- Operator subscription to Wyvern and ARGUS reviewed where the operator participates.
- Pilot experience and operator incident history reviewed before we recommend an aircraft.
- Fewer than 60 brokers worldwide hold Premium Wyvern Broker Member status, and Air Charter Advisors is one of them.
Monaco-Specific Patterns We Plan Around
Monaco has no airport runway, so private jets land at Nice Côte d’Azur, about ten nautical miles from the Monaco Heliport, or at Cannes-Mandelieu for smaller jets, and the last part of the trip is by car or by helicopter. Nice is a busy airport with slots all year, and the Grand Prix in early June, the Monaco Yacht Show in September and the summer season fill the Riviera’s airports early, so those dates book first. Every flight from the United States lands in France, so passengers clear French border control on arrival, each needs a valid passport, and Monaco adds no border formalities of its own. From New York or Boston, Nice is roughly 3,500 nautical miles away, which is why a long-range jet is usually the aircraft that makes the crossing without a fuel stop.
Contact
For a quote on a charter to Monaco, send the trip through our contact page or call an advisor at 1-888-987-5387. Our safety page sets out how we review operators and crews, and the aircraft gallery covers every category we arrange. We are also a member of the National Business Aviation Association.