Flight Contract - An overview

 Flight contract refers to the agreement entered by the charter companies with customers to meet their specific requirements in which the customers hire or rent a plane to fly to a specific destination on a certain day(s), subject to a terms and conditions. These flights can be used for a variety of purposes, like timber logging, fire fighting, oil exploration in deep sea moving passengers, or emergency air transport, urgent or time-sensitive cargo, air ambulance and any other form of ad hoc air transportation like rescue during flood.

These air charter companies offer a large variety of aircraft, such as helicopters.

The aircraft are provided with cabin crew and any supplies, like meals, requested as part of the contract

The flight contract is subject to terms and conditions based on various aspects like for example if the aircraft provided is with or without crew, in some cases only the crew will be provided, whether the maintenance of the aircraft is to be borne by the charter company or the customer, the pricing components that go into a contract price

You have the flexibility to make a flight contract with general terms and conditions or to record a contract which is customer specific, which is legally enforceable.

The various activities help in maintaining a flight contract as follows:

Manage Flight Contract

This activity enables you to keep a record of all the essential flight contract information. With the help of the various tab pages you will be able to record multiple information relating to a flight contract. The various tab pages in this activity are as follows:

Main Info. Tab - To record all the main information relating to the flight contract like contract information, customer information.

Aircraft Details Tab – To record all information pertaining to the aircraft to be chartered flight.

Aircraft Crew Info. Tab – To recording information relating to the crew assigned to the charter flight.

Edit Pricing & Invoicing Info.

One of the more difficult aspects to grasp in planning chartered flights is the many pricing components that go into a quote or contract price. With the help of this activity. The various tab pages in this activity are as follows:

Parameters Tab - To record various parameters

Invoice Basis Tab - To record details of invoice basis

Invoice Rates - To record invoice rates

Usage Rates - To record details of usage rates

Crew Charges - To record details of charges for the crew

T/C/D - To record tax details

Bill-To-Customer - To record details of Bill-to-customer.

Edit Additional Info - To modify any additional information.

Approve / Close Flight contract

This activity enables you to approve or close a flight contract.

Getting familiar with the activities inside