Whats the difference between charter companies and Regular Scheduled Air?
Charter company packages often offer the best prices. They depart from larger airports to popular destinations. A travel company, such as Apple Vacations, charters the flight and, either on their own or with another company, books the entire plane. They then package their discounted airfare with group rates at hotels. Charterers do use jet services, and often do not have any connections. They operate on limited schedules, such as once a week. This is how they keep their prices down. Scheduled air is “mainstream” airlines – Delta, United, US Airways, for example. They have extensive travel routes that give you a wider choice of times, dates, and cities. The main disadvantage of a charter company is that, in the unlikely event of an equipment or weather problem, they often receive a low priority. As a result, when they do have delays, they can be long. This is, however, unusual.
