Air Charter Monaco arranges flights for energy companies, from executives traveling between the United States and Monaco to the crews and equipment those companies send to sites around the world.
Executives flying to meetings in Monaco
When executives fly from the US to Monaco or elsewhere on the Côte d’Azur for meetings, the calendar is usually tight. We plan the aircraft around that schedule. The jet lands at Nice, and the trip finishes by car or by helicopter into Monaco.
From New York or Boston, Nice is roughly 3,500 nautical miles away. A long-range jet usually crosses in one flight, and heavy and super midsize jets usually stop for fuel. Your advisor can quote both.
Crews and engineers
Crew changes and site visits keep their own schedule, and the site is often a long way from a major airport. We can put a whole crew on one aircraft and land at the airfield nearest to the work. Tell us where the site is and how many are traveling. The operator confirms which aircraft can use the airfield at the far end, and we check that before we quote.
Most crew flights we arrange 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.
Equipment and urgent parts
A failed part on a drilling or production site can hold up everything around it. We arrange cargo flights sized to the shipment, including heavy and oversized pieces. Send the dimensions and weight with your first inquiry, and your advisor will check them against the aircraft’s cargo door and hold.
Permits and discretion
Landing permits and authorizations are generally applied for after a trip has been secured on the aircraft schedule, and sometimes the timeline is set by the local airport authorities. Passenger names, cargo details and itineraries go only to the operator and the crew handling the flight. For the freight side of the work, our air cargo charter page explains what 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.