Specialty Services

We arrange full-aircraft cargo charter, which is a different service from shared freight or freight forwarding. The whole aircraft is contracted for your shipment, and it goes when you need it to go rather than when a scheduled service has space.

The cargo we move most often is time-critical or awkward: assembly-line parts holding up a production run, specialized or heavy machinery, laboratory specimens shipped with dry ice or under hazardous-materials rules, and large live animals. Ontario International (ONT) is the practical Southern California field for a lot of this work, with 12,197 feet of runway, a 24-hour operation, and no curfew. Learn more on our air cargo charter page.

One of the real benefits of flying privately is choosing what is on board rather than accepting what is offered.

With enough notice, your advisor can arrange more or less any food or beverage you ask for, whether that is a particular bottle of champagne, an Argentinian steak, a vegan menu, or a bologna and mustard sandwich from the deli near your house. Catering is arranged as an add-on at an additional fee rather than bundled into the trip cost, and selections are based on your preferences and confirmed before departure.

*Most private charter flights are stocked with complimentary beverages and snacks.

**Please tell us ahead of time if any of your passengers have food allergies, or would like their food prepared kosher, no-fat, low-carb, or to any other requirement.

You may be reading this description as a patient, a patient’s family member, a patient’s friend or a case manager. Don’t feel overwhelmed, we are here to assist you. If you are in need of a Medical Charter Flight or an Air Ambulance Flight, we can arrange the proper private aircraft. Some individuals and patients have medical conditions that may call for an Air Ambulance flight while others may not call for such measures. In addition, if needed, your medical charter flight can be stocked with the latest medical equipment so that the medical staff will have what they need to take care of all your needs. If you have any additional questions or need to book a Non-Emergency Medical Flight or an Air Ambulance Flight, just pick up the phone and give us a call: we are available 24 Hours per day, 7 days per week. Learn more about our Medical Air Ambulance Service.

We are very pet friendly, but not all aircraft owners are. Make sure to let us know about your pet prior to contracting. We will need to know the type of pet, your pet weight, and breed.

With these details, we will locate a pet-friendly aircraft for your flight. We arrange travel for pets and exotics, and we understand that the animals in question are family, which is exactly why their comfort and safety belong in the conversation before the aircraft is chosen rather than after.

For international moves, pets travel under the destination country’s import rules, and we can help with the paperwork and the aircraft owner permissions those trips require.

Moving is complicated enough before you add flights to it. Between the family, the belongings you will not put in a container, and the pets, a relocation asks you to coordinate several things that do not naturally line up.

We have arranged relocation flights for clients moving into and out of Los Angeles and the rest of Southern California, and internationally. Most of your possessions will travel by cargo or by road, but a charter flight lets you keep the things you would rather not hand over, including the animals, in the cabin with you.

Aircraft with wider, taller cabins and higher payload capacity suit these trips best, and international legs generally call for a larger aircraft anyway, which means more of your belongings can travel with you. International arrivals route through an airport with customs; U.S. Customs and Border Protection publishes what to expect on its travel pages.

Because there is more to arrange than on a standard charter, we recommend starting the conversation earlier than you would for a regular trip.

Aircraft owners are as particular about their aircraft as they are about their homes and their cars, and every aircraft carries its own operating policies about what is and is not allowed on board.

We will match your preference to an aircraft that permits it. If you would like to enjoy a cigar, a pipe, or a cigarette in flight, tell us before the quoting process and we will look for an aircraft that allows smoking. If you have a tobacco, nicotine, or smoke sensitivity, tell us the same way and we will factor that into the options we send you.

Bodyguard Security & Armored Transportation

Some trips call for extra security on the ground at either end of the flight, particularly around a private terminal where the aircraft and the vehicle meet.

With enough notice before your flight, we can do the legwork to help you locate and arrange ground transportation through a third-party vendor, whether that is a luxury chauffeured sedan, a stretch limousine, a Sprinter-style van, or an armored vehicle, to and from Van Nuys, Hollywood Burbank, or any other airport across Southern California. Security personnel and armored escort can be arranged through the same route.

Whether you are a government official, a public figure, or traveling with something worth protecting, the request is a normal one and we treat it as such.

We arrange charter for the automotive manufacturing sector on both sides of the operation: air cargo for machine components and tooling, and passenger charter for the people who need to be where those parts are going. That includes executives, engineering groups, sales teams, vendors, dealers, media contacts, and customers.

Aircraft can be positioned for departures and arrivals almost anywhere in the world, including remote sites, for a one-time project or a recurring schedule.

The nature of the industry is that the need often appears without warning. A line goes down, a launch date moves, a supplier visit becomes urgent. Flights can be arranged well in advance, and they can also be arranged quickly when the deadline decides for you.

Government and political travel runs on a schedule nobody fully controls. Conferences, conventions, summits, delegations, and campaign travel all put officials and staff in places that commercial routes serve badly, or not at the times required.

We arrange charter for government and political travel on helicopters, turboprops, private jets, and larger wide-body aircraft for bigger delegations. Crew selection and crew screening sit with the certificated operator rather than with us; what we do is confirm the operator holds the required certification, review the operator’s safety and incident history, and confirm the pilots are experienced, qualified, and current on the specific aircraft type. Where an operator participates in ARGUS or Wyvern auditing, we reference those reports.

Privacy and security matter more on these trips than on almost any other, and chartering gives a delegation control over the route, the timing, and who knows about either. Where a principal protective team, meaning the security detail traveling with the official, is part of the movement, tell us early so the aircraft and the ground arrangements are built around it.

Our reach makes us a practical option for relief work: natural disasters, humanitarian missions, and evacuation efforts where the usual travel infrastructure is the thing that has failed.

We can source aircraft carrying as few as two passengers or more than 200, which covers everything from a small assessment team to a large-scale evacuation, and our approved operator network can move emergency cargo alongside or instead. These missions ask for careful handling and a lot of operational preparation, and we are reachable around the clock while they come together.

We arrange aircraft into remote locations worldwide for individuals, corporations, NGOs, and governments, and we will work through the contingencies with you rather than hand you a plan and step back. These situations carry enough stress on their own. Arranging the aircraft should not add to it.

The technology and electronics sector moves quickly, and travel tends to follow the deal rather than the calendar. Component suppliers, hardware and software partners, trade shows, and negotiations all pull people across the country and around the world at short notice.

Whether you are meeting suppliers in Southeast Asia, contractors up in Silicon Valley, or prospective clients at a trade show, we will arrange the flight and keep it straightforward. For a Bay Area day trip out of Van Nuys or Hollywood Burbank, a light or midsize jet usually covers it comfortably.

Confidentiality is the part of this that matters most. Passenger details, itineraries, and cargo contents are shared only with the operator and the crew assigned to the trip, on a strict need-to-know basis.

Private charter reaches places scheduled airlines do not, which is the entire reason exploration work uses it. Landing closer to the site removes hours of road travel at both ends of the trip, and it keeps crews and equipment together rather than scattered across connections.

Helicopters, turboprops, and jets each have a role depending on the terrain and the runway available, and we will work out which fits your site rather than start from the aircraft. Passenger groups can run from one person to more than 200, and cargo charter covers the equipment, the samples, and anything that has to travel under specific handling conditions.

We arrange charter for the oil and gas sector at both the corporate and the operational level, using helicopters, turboprops, jets, and cargo aircraft depending on the leg.

That covers executive travel for conferences and company meetings, crew and engineer movements out to a field, and cargo charter for drilling and exploration equipment where the machinery is too large, too urgent, or too specialized for scheduled freight.

Time and cost pressure define exploration and extraction work, and getting people and equipment to the right place on the right day is usually worth more than the fare difference. Flights can be arranged into remote locations that commercial aircraft do not serve, which means more time on the ground and less time getting there.