For aircraft operators and managers
List Your Aircraft
With Ben Aviation
Plenty of good aircraft spend too many days in the hangar. If yours is on an AOC and available for charter, I would like to know about it: for quote requests, a featured listing by base, or your empty legs.
AOC holders, management companies and owners
Ways to work with Ben Aviation
Pick one or all three. Nothing is published about your aircraft without your agreement.
Quote requests
When a client's trip suits your aircraft, I ask you for a quote. The client's quotation names you as the operator.
Featured aircraft and base
Your aircraft type shown on the matching route and airport pages as available from your base, for example "Citation XLS available from Farnborough".
Shown by type and base only, not by operator name.
Empty legs and positioning
Send me verified one-way and positioning legs. Clients who have saved that route hear about them, so fewer of your sectors fly empty.
Verified legs only. Nothing speculative is published.
How it works
Charter enquiries come to me directly, from the website, WhatsApp and people I fly with. Each one gets matched to an aircraft that suits the route, passengers, baggage and runway. The more aircraft and operators I know well, the better that match is.
When your aircraft fits a trip, I ask you for a quote. The client gets a quotation that names your company as the operator, as it should. Your aircraft is never presented as Ben Aviation's own.
Any register, one condition
Privately owned aircraft on the M, N, T7 and 2-REG registers are common in the UK and Europe, and so are G-reg and European-registered aircraft. I will consider all of them.
- M
- N
- T7
- 2-
- G
- 9H
- OE
- D
- EI
- Other European
The condition is that the aircraft is legally available for hire. That means it is operated by a certificated operator under its AOC, with the permissions the flight needs (for example UK foreign carrier permits or cabotage rules). An aircraft flown privately, off an AOC, cannot be offered to paying passengers, and I will not put one in front of clients.
If your aircraft is privately operated today and you would like it earning, get in touch anyway. Owners usually do this by placing the aircraft with a management company that holds an AOC, and I am happy to talk it through.
What I need
The registration and type, home base, the operator and AOC holder, the seat count and any limitations, and who should receive quote requests. The form below covers it.
Tell me about your aircraft
I read every one myself and reply by phone or email.
Common questions
Do you take aircraft that are not on an AOC?
No. Only aircraft that are legally available for hire are offered to clients: operated by a certificated operator under its AOC, with the permissions the flight needs. If your aircraft is privately operated today, I am happy to talk through how owners usually get an aircraft onto a management company's AOC.
Which registers do you consider?
Any register, as long as the operator holds the right authority for the flight. That includes M, N, T7, 2-REG, G, 9H, OE, D and other European registers. Some flights need extra permissions, such as UK foreign carrier permits or cabotage rules, and those are checked trip by trip.
Who quotes the client?
You quote me for the trip, and the client receives a quotation naming your company as the operator. Your aircraft is never presented as Ben Aviation's own.
What happens after I send the details?
I check the aircraft, operator and base against the kind of trips I am asked for, then call or email to agree how quote requests will reach you.
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