Air charter is the business of renting an entire aircraft (i.e., chartering ) as opposed to individual aircraft seats (i.e., purchasing a ticket through a traditional airline ).
9-406: PAA may refer to: Businesses and organizations [ edit ] Pacific American Airlines Pamoja African Alliance , a Kenyan political party PanAfrican Archaeological Association Pan African Association Pan American World Airways , commonly known as Pan Am Pan American Association of Anatomy Patriot Alliance Association ,
18-690: A United States charter airline headquartered in Burbank , California . Its predecessor was formed in 1946 as Airplane Charter by Mercer and renamed to Mercer Airlines in 1955. The company was renamed Pacific American in 1976. The airline provided interstate passenger and cargo charter services as well as contract services for the United States Navy in the Pacific area. It has since ceased operations. Charter airline Charter – also called air taxi or ad hoc – flights require certification from
27-498: A charter operator can sell scheduled flights, but only in limited quantities. As of 2021, the FAA had made it a priority to crack down on unauthorised charter flights, according to industry experts. There are several business models which offer air charter services from the traditional charter operator to brokers and jet card programs: Charter aircraft categories include: There are an estimated 15,000 business jets available for charter in
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54-547: The US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Other uses [ edit ] Penny Arcade Adventures , video game series Prueba de Aptitud Académica , standardized test for university admissions See also [ edit ] Paa (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title PAA . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
63-459: The associated country's civil aviation authority . The regulations are differentiated from typical commercial/passenger service by offering a non-scheduled service. Analogous regulations generally also apply to air ambulance and cargo operators, which are often also ad hoc for-hire services. In the United States, these flights are regulated under FAA Part 135. There are some cases where
72-402: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=PAA&oldid=1258838885 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Pacific American Airlines Pacific American Airlines was
81-568: The world. The US market is the largest, followed by the European market with growing activity in the Middle East, Asia, and Central America. Some charter airlines have employed other types of jets, including Airbus , Boeing , and McDonnell Douglas mainline airliners such as the Douglas DC-10 and Boeing 747 . Arrow Air of the United States was such an airline. Among other aircraft, it employed
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