Days-based fractional ownership

Airshare cost: how days, hours and capital fit together

Airshare does not publish fractional pricing; prices are quoted for each aircraft. The cost combines a share purchase or lease, a monthly management fee and variable hourly charges. A 1/16 share in the Phenom 300 or Challenger 3500 provides 20 program days a year rather than a fixed annual hour allowance, so the number of days you travel has a substantial effect on value.

We assess whether Airshare’s day allocation and total cost suit your travel better than an hours-based fractional share or a jet card.

The price structure

Airshare pricing: a travel-day allowance still carries hourly charges

Airshare lists its cost components but not its pricing, which comes from its sales team. A 1/16 share is 20 program days a year, each capped by a 14-hour crew duty day. Duty time includes more than passenger flight time, so a program day is not 14 hours in the air. The days are not prepaid flying, and the hourly charges still apply.

Airshare states that the monthly management fee covers pilot salaries, insurance, hangar costs and general monthly expenses, along with its 24/7 flight department. The hourly rate covers fuel, maintenance and crew expenses tied to use of the aircraft. The monthly fee is the fixed cost of holding the share, and the hourly rate is the cost of flying it.

The Airshare fractional fleet includes the Phenom 300 and Challenger 3500. Under Airshare’s published interchange rates, a Phenom 300 owner flying the Challenger 3500 uses 2.0 program days for each day, and a Challenger 3500 owner flying the Phenom 300 uses 0.5. The larger cabin draws the allocation down twice as fast, and the smaller one stretches it. The effect depends on how often the client needs the other cabin.

A share percentage says how much aircraft is owned, not how much access comes with it. The same 1/16 buys different allowances at different operators. The day allocation, the interchange debit and the hourly charges together set the value of an Airshare share.

Hourly and annual cost

More hours per day can lower the cost per hour while increasing annual spend

More flying spreads the fixed monthly fees across more hours, which lowers the cost per hour. Each added hour also brings its own hourly charge, which raises the annual total. Both figures matter when comparing programs, because a lower cost per hour can still mean a larger annual bill.

Airshare’s hourly cost calculator combines monthly and hourly estimates, and Airshare states that it excludes acquisition or capital cost. The calculator therefore shows operating cost rather than the full economics of purchasing and later selling a share.

Itinerary analysis

The same annual hours can call for very different numbers of Airshare program days

In an illustrative comparison, 20 travel days averaging four flight hours each and 40 travel days averaging two hours each both total 80 flight hours. If each travel day uses one program day, with no aircraft interchange, the second schedule needs twice the day allocation. This compares access requirements, not prices; neither pattern establishes which program costs less.

The agreement determines how overnight stays, multiple destinations and keeping the aircraft count against the day allocation. It also governs peak dates, aircraft changes, additional access and unused days. Airshare programs grow in 10-day increments.

Airshare states a 25% saving on the hourly rate when the aircraft flies in and out of the same location and stays with the client. The saving applies only to the trips that fit that pattern.

The card alternative

Airshare’s jet card is a smaller access commitment

The Airshare Jet Card provides ten travel days usable over 24 months, with an upfront program fee, hourly charges paid as the client flies and no aircraft ownership. Its pricing also comes from sales. For a lighter or less predictable travel schedule, its upfront fee and unused-day terms create a different commitment from a share’s recurring charges and capital exposure.

The card’s days are available over two years; a fractional share’s allocation is annual. A purchased share also commits capital, and its total cost depends on the eventual sale proceeds. An hourly-rate comparison alone does not capture those differences.

What we do

How Airshare’s access rules and costs fit your travel

Our Airshare review assesses whether the day allocation and purchase or lease commitment fit the client’s travel, compared with relevant alternatives.

Day-counting and billable-time definitions affect what the quoted rates cover. Service-area, notice and peak-day terms affect access, while taxes and trip charges can change the cost of the client’s itineraries.

The share’s exit valuation, deductions and payment terms affect capital recovery. A lease or card instead has termination and unused-access provisions.

We assess how Airshare’s day allocation, hourly charges and ownership commitment fit your travel. The comparison considers the days you need, the aircraft you use and the cost of relevant alternatives.

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Common questions

Frequently asked questions

No. Multiplying 20 days by a 14-hour crew duty limit confuses duty time with passenger flying. Duty time includes other activity, and each trip still incurs the applicable hourly charges. It does not create a contractual 280-hour allocation.

It may reduce the day allocation required, but it does not remove hourly charges. Overnight arrangements, interchange, crew duty limits and whether the aircraft stays with the owner can change the result. The travel pattern and agreement determine the effect.