Fractional shares
For anyone weighing a share against a card, charter or whole ownership.
The short version.
Three things worth knowing first.
- 01
A share is part ownership of a specific aircraft, with a set number of flight hours each year.
- 02
A share has three prices, and the brochure leads with only one.
- 03
The exit terms decide a large part of what the share really cost.
What you really pay.
- 01
The acquisition fee
The price of the share itself, paid up front. It buys the fraction of the aircraft and the right to the hours.
- 02
The monthly fee
Crew, hangar, insurance, training and the program's overhead. It arrives every month whether you fly or not.
- 03
The occupied hourly fee
Fuel, maintenance and the direct cost of each flight, billed on the hours you are on board.
- 04
The exit
Terms commonly run about five years. The program buys the share back at a fair market value it sets, less a remarketing fee.
Ask for the full cost per hour, using your own hours and a realistic exit price, not the brochure's.
Questions worth asking.
Put these to anyone you talk to, including us.
- How does the program set the buyback value?
- Can unused hours carry over, and can I borrow from next year?
- What happens if the program changes aircraft types, merges or closes during the term?
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Where a pilot helps.
We lay a share beside a jet card, charter and whole ownership, measured against your routes, passengers, annual flying and notice. Hours alone do not decide the right choice.
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- The short version
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- Where a pilot helps
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