On one aspect of this thread, what sort of ballpark figure are we talking about to charter an aircraft to transport a bunch of footballers from western Europe to the Far East? Or more pertentantly, how much more expensive than booking scheduled flights?
(I ask as one of the criticisms of the FAI by Roy Keane is that they used three scheduled flights to get from Dublin to Saipan
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I also noted that Cameroon's FA, who are known to be cash-strapped, chartered a 757 to travel from Paris, apparently with just 30 occupants. Then again, it sounds like they coulkd ask for a bit of a discount considering what happened in Bangkok.
Would requesting flyover permission be the responsibility of the flight crew before the flight or other airline staff?