Private helicopter charter cost
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Private helicopter charter cost
We were looking at the various prices to get from Leeds to Falmouth for two adults and two toddlers, estimate for fuel and an overnight stop over by car I thought around £200, charter flight form LBA is £171 return, train is £458 return (!) and we jokingly thought a private helicopter would be cheaper than a train, how far away from reality are we I wonder?
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Now I'm curious, hypothetically if said customer wanted an R66, enough seats for the job, what is one of them per hour? £600 + vat? 5 hour trip? £3600 for the trip?
Edited: I've just been informed an R66 is £1k inc Vat per hour, things have moved on from my day!!!
Edited: I've just been informed an R66 is £1k inc Vat per hour, things have moved on from my day!!!
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Helicopters are a nice way to travel, but never the inexpensive alternative.
Don't be so chippy Bravo . I don't need to advertise !! If AOC,s were simpler and cheaper the companies could all reduce their prices and get more people flying and use more helicopters and employ more pilots . I predicted about 20 years ago that nearly all commercial flying in the UK would be lease flying ...... And guess what ?!! The red tape for AOC,s will only get worse . But that's slightly off topic ......!!!!
Don't be so chippy Bravo . I don't need to advertise !! If AOC,s were simpler and cheaper the companies could all reduce their prices and get more people flying and use more helicopters and employ more pilots . I predicted about 20 years ago that nearly all commercial flying in the UK would be lease flying ...... And guess what ?!! The red tape for AOC,s will only get worse . But that's slightly off topic ......!!!!
Don’t worry Krypton.....it’s fun winding up all the institutionalised pilots on here !! I tore up my CAA license years ago and now just have medical and check ride every two years and never do a type rating !!! The FAA system is so much better than our system where the stuffed shirts really believe that writing something in triplicate makes it safer !! I actually feel sorry for the aoc guys most of whom hate all the meaningless red tape . They just want sensible rules that everyone should abide by .
