Glossary
Private jet glossary from AOC to turboprop
- AOC (Air Operator Certificate)
- The Air Operator Certificate is the official approval an airline or charter operator needs to carry passengers commercially.
- EASA
- EASA (European Union Aviation Safety Agency) is the European Union's aviation safety agency and sets common safety rules for civil aviation.
- Empty Flight (Leerflug)
- An empty flight is a flight in which an aircraft travels from one airport to another without paying passengers on board.
- Empty Leg
- An empty leg is a private jet flight that an operator would otherwise fly without passengers and therefore offers at a reduced price.
- FBO (Fixed Base Operator)
- An FBO is an airport service provider that handles private and business aircraft and offers passengers and crews a lounge, fuelling and ground handling.
- Ferry Flight
- A ferry flight is a transfer flight without passengers, for example to a maintenance facility, for delivery or to relocate an aircraft.
- Flight Duty Period
- The flight duty period is a crew's legally limited working time, starting when they report for duty before the first flight and ending when the engines are shut down after the last flight.
- General Aviation Terminal (GAT)
- A general aviation terminal is a separate building for private and business aviation, where passengers board and disembark away from the airline terminals.
- Heavy Jet
- Heavy jets are large business aircraft with a wide cabin that typically seat ten to sixteen passengers and, depending on the model, offer intercontinental range.
- Jet Card
- A jet card is a prepaid or contractually agreed allowance of flight hours that lets you book private jet flights on pre-agreed terms.
- Light Jet
- Light jets are small business aircraft that typically seat six to eight passengers on flights of two to four hours.
- Midsize Jet
- Midsize jets are medium-sized business aircraft that typically seat seven to nine passengers, with more cabin comfort and range for longer European routes.
- One-Way Charter
- With a one-way charter you hire a private jet exclusively for a single sector, without a return flight on the same aircraft.
- Positioning Flight
- A positioning flight moves an aircraft without passengers to the airport where its next booked flight begins, or back to its home base.
- Round-Trip Charter
- A round-trip charter covers the outbound and return flight on the same aircraft, which usually waits at the destination with its crew or repositions in between.
- Slot
- A slot is an allocated time window for take-off or landing at a coordinated airport, or for departure within European airspace.
- Super Midsize Jet
- Super midsize jets combine a larger cabin with long range and typically seat eight to ten passengers.
- Turboprop
- A turboprop is an aircraft whose propeller is driven by a gas turbine, particularly well suited to short routes and small airfields.
- Ultra Long Range Jet
- Ultra long range jets are the largest business aircraft, with ranges typically above 11,000 kilometres for intercontinental nonstop flights.
- Very Light Jet
- Very light jets are the smallest jets in business aviation and typically seat four to five passengers on short sectors.