For owners of business aircraft who find themselves flying fewer hours per year than their aircraft can reasonably support, an attractive option is often to contract with a Part 135 charter company to use the excess capacity of the aircraft to sell flights to the public. Such an arrangement can create a valuable revenue stream from charter customers, which often serves in addition to the owner’s primary reason for the aircraft—i.e., enhancement of the owner’s business through Part 91 flights to meet with customers,
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