Technology companies in Nashville send their people out often, to customer sites, investor meetings, trade shows and other offices, and the trips are usually booked on short notice.
The trips tech teams book
A typical request might be a product demo for a customer who is a long drive from the nearest airline hub, or a diligence trip that needs a small team in three cities over two days. It might be an investor meeting on a fixed date, or a trade show in Las Vegas or on the West Coast, where the team wants to arrive the night before without losing a working day to connections.
On shorter routes a light or midsize jet is usually the sensible and cheaper choice. For the West Coast, a super-midsize jet is worth a look, and your advisor will confirm whether it can make your route nonstop with the passengers and baggage you are carrying.
Keeping the trip private
A trip ahead of an acquisition or a product announcement is not something you want people to notice. We only share passenger names and itineraries with the operator and the crew assigned to your flight, and only what they need to fly the trip. Leaving from John C. Tune Airport on the west side of the city, a smaller field than Nashville International Airport (BNA), can also keep things low-key.
Servers, prototypes and demo equipment
If the team is traveling with hardware, send us the dimensions and weight when you first ask for a quote. Smaller items can usually travel in the baggage compartment of the passenger aircraft. Larger racks, crates or anything that needs special handling may need its own flight, and it is easier to plan that before we quote than after. See our cargo charter options for that kind of load.
Vetting Behind Every Trip
Every operator, aircraft, and crew goes through our internal due diligence before we present any options. Our internal standards meet or exceed what the FAA requires:
- FAR Part 135 charter operators for traditional private aircraft, or FAR Part 121 for airliner-size and group trips (or the foreign equivalent on international legs)
- Operator subscription to Wyvern and ARGUS reviewed where the operator participates.
- Pilot experience and operator incident history reviewed before we recommend an aircraft.
- Fewer than 60 brokers worldwide hold Premium Wyvern Broker Member status, and Air Charter Advisors is one of them.
Nashville-Specific Patterns We Plan Around
Nashville International is the only airport in the Nashville area with customs, so a flight arriving from abroad lands there first. Tower hours shape the rest of the choice. Nashville International is staffed around the clock, John C. Tune from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Smyrna until 10 p.m. on weekdays and 7 p.m. on weekends, so a late departure from either of those two takes a little more planning. Franklin and Brentwood have no airport of their own, and clients there usually fly from Nashville International or John C. Tune. Ramp space at Nashville International gets tight on big event weekends, such as Titans home games, and in spring a line of thunderstorms can hold departures until it passes.
Contact
For a quote on a Nashville charter, send the trip through our contact page or call an advisor at 1-888-987-5387. Our safety page sets out how we review operators and crews, and the aircraft gallery covers every category we arrange. We are also a member of the National Business Aviation Association.