Overview

When searching for an aircraft, it can be overwhelming to see so many options, making it difficult to choose the right one for your trip. To simplify your search, you can use filters to tailor the results to your specific needs. If the filters you apply result in zero available options, consider expanding your search criteria. You might find suitable aircraft by slightly adjusting your search!

Use filters to modify your search results

After you've performed a search you'll see the available filters on your left side of the search results.

Takeoff Ready

Aircraft that are prepared for takeoff within 96 hours are perfect for last-minute trips! If you filter by High Time Crew, you can ensure that you get a highly qualified team.

Seller Attributes

As a Paynode Member, the operator utilizes our payment service, allowing for quick transactions through credit cards, wire transfers, and instant payments.
Being a Responsive Member is crucial in this business; filtering for Responsive Members ensures you receive timely responses.

Partnership

All operators on our platform are Avinode Certified. If you are interested in exploring other partnerships, feel free to search!

Year of Make

Does your client have a preferred year? Or are you looking for the most modern aircraft available? Use the slider to adjust the year of make.

Types

If you want to be precise, you can filter by aircraft model for accuracy.

Sellers

Do you want to work with a specific operator? Building strong relationships is crucial in this business, and you likely have some preferred operators.

Max Fuel Stops

Choose the maximum number of fuel stops you can accept, and filter based on price or comfort.

Ambulance

If your client requires medical attention, you can filter for aircraft equipped with an ambulance setup, meaning they can accommodate a stretcher and have medical supplies on board. If you are interested, you can read more about our Air Ambulance initiative!

Min. Safety

Which rating would you like to filter? The available options are different levels on Argus, IS-BAO, and Wyvern.

Amenities

Do you need Wi-Fi on the aircraft? What about pets? There are several amenities you can filter your search by.

Refurbished Year

You can filter for both interior and exterior. Make sure to review the photos before sending a request to meet your clients' expectations.

Min. Insurance

How many millions of dollars are covered by insurance?

Min. Safety

Which rating would you like to filter? The available options are different levels on Argus, IS-BAO, and Wyvern.

Certificate Issuing Country

Any country that you'd like to focus on when it comes to certificates?

Other

Are you shipping packages instead of people? Use Cargo! Don’t want to deal with Owner approval? Just exclude it!

Cabotage - What is it and how does it work?

Overview

Cabotage refers to the transport of goods or passengers between two locations within the same country. In aviation, cabotage rights allow a company from one country to operate flights within the domestic borders of another country.

However, the majority of countries prohibit aviation cabotage. A key exception is the European Union, where member states mutually grant cabotage rights to one another. For further details on Air Freedom rights, click here.

How does it work?

Certificate Country: On the Aircrafts geography page, the system will auto-populate the aircraft’s certificate country as the primary cabotage country.
Multilateral agreement: If a country is part of a multilateral agreement, we will show an info icon. EU Operators will automatically grant all EU countries by default.
Permits: If you have additional permits for specific countries or regions that grant the aircraft cabotage rights, please contact support, and we’ll be happy to assist you!

Avinode Search

In Avinode Search, the general rule is that operators likely capable of performing a trip should appear in the search results. It’s the operator’s responsibility to verify cabotage permissions and ensure they are permitted to complete the trip.

Cabotage restrictions are enforced in some countries. This means only foreign aircraft with a valid cabotage permit will appear in search results for these locations.

The following countries have enforced cabotage:

Australia
Brazil
Canada
EU (all countries)
Japan
Mexico
New Zealand
Russian Federation
Switzerland
United Kingdom (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales)
United States

Empty Legs search ranking

You might wonder what makes your aircraft reach the top rankings when searching for Empty Legs. In this article, we'll describe how things work without going too deep into the mathematics.

Nautical Miles difference

When displaying the results of available aircraft with an empty leg, the system first calculates the difference between the distance for the empty leg and the distance required for the requested flight. It also adds any positioning needed to complete the empty leg and rank in order of the smallest difference.

So let's make an example:

Requested flight: VNY to SFO = 278nm

Empty leg #1: VNY to HWD = 271nm

Empty leg #2: VNY to APC = 302nm

Empty leg #1 needs to reposition from SFO to HWD for an extra 12nm, making a total of 290nm.

Empty leg #2 needs to reposition from SFO to APC for an extra 36nm, making a total of 314nm.

Since we rank based on the smallest difference from the original flight, we need to calculate the additional nautical mile that is requested.

Empty leg #1: 290nm - 271nm = 19nm

Empty leg #2: 314nm - 302nm = 12nm

This indicates that Empty leg #2 will be prioritized over Empty leg #1, even if the total Nautical miles are longer.

Aircraft Efficiency

It's not just about calculating the nautical miles between two destinations; we also need to consider the efficiency of the aircraft. Our systems calculate a variety of factors to determine how efficient it would be for the aircraft to deviate from the original flight in order to complete the requested empty leg.

This is where it becomes challenging to avoid getting too deep into the code and mathematics of our system. If the requested trip is below the threshold for the empty leg, the system will display the aircraft as available. However, if the trip exceeds the threshold, the aircraft will not be shown.

If you need help in understanding or calculating your threshold, please reach out to our support team.

Search for Aircraft and Send Requests with Aircraft Search Engine

What is Best Way to Request an Aircraft in Avinode?

1. Send 10-15 requests per trip.

During peak season, Operators are flooded with requests. By keeping the requests to 10-15 this allows Operators to manage the requests in a timely manner.

2. Send one trip request per Operator.

In the example below, the Operator shows up twice in the search results for the same aircraft and trip. Operators request to please send one aircraft request for this trip. They will provide a quote for an alternative aircraft if the requested aircraft becomes unavailable.

3. Select aircraft with minimal position time.

For example, the search results highlights the POS time. This means the Operator will need to fly this distance to pick up the passenger. If the POS time is similar to the flight time-- especially for a small aircraft it's unlikely the operator will bid on the quote. Look for flights with short POS time.

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4. Source ASAP trips with Takeoff Ready.

This feature was specifically designed to help Buyers find aircraft with pilot and crew, owner approval, and available for charter for the next 96 hours.

Terms:

Takeoff Ready:

· Pilots and crew available for the next 96 hours

· Owner approved trips for the next 96 hours

High Time crew:

· Pilots and crew with Wyvern/Argus rating for the next 96 hours

· Owner approved trips for the next 96 hours

· Tip: Mouse over the airplane to see who confirmed the Takeoff Ready aircraft.

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5. Add a good message when sending the trip request.

Reduce the back and forth and save time on the Operator's response by adding the quoting requirements upfront. For example, asking for a quote with 2 pilots.

BONUS TIP:

Still having a hard time finding an aircraft? Try out the Trip Board. Avinode will send your Trip Board post to Operators to help facilitate the deal.

Why is my Aircraft not Showing the Avinode Search Results?

In most instances, the operator needs to select my fleet filter to view the aircraft in Avinode.

If you still do not see your aircraft after selecting my fleet, please view the other reasons listed below.

1.Runway length too short.

One of the airports in the search you have made has a runway that is too short for your aircraft.
To view the runway information for this airport, please lookup the airport runway length in the airport popup.

If you think this data is wrong, please look further down in the window and click on the link "Update Airport info" and a message will be sent to Universal weather who is our airport data provider.

2. There are other scheduled activities conflicting with the itinerary you searched for.

Go to the Schedule tab to see what is stated in Avinode for the time of the planned trip.

Maybe there are conflicting activities in the schedule or the schedule is not correctly reflecting correctly.

3. If your aircraft is located in the wrong place in the schedule your flight might have been ruled out due to too much ferry time compared to pax legs within a trip.

4. Cabotage.

Do you have permission to fly domestic in another country or region? Cabotage is also know as freedoms of the air, and is a set of aviation rights granting a country’s airlines the privilege to enter and land in another country’s airspace. Avinode restricts the 9th freedom when a flight is 100% within certain foreign countries that enforce cabotage. Avinode shows 5-8th freedom flights since operators can often get permits for these. Multilateral groups like the EU grant their members freedoms in all member states. Read here for more information.

5. Did your AOC expire?

If it has expired, we would have sent you emails regarding this to remind you to send us an update. If you didn't provide us with an update and the AOC expired, your aircraft becomes inactive automatically.

6. Have you made changes to your pricing profile recently?

Sometimes this accidentally "turns off" your own aircraft when making changes to your pricing profile. Please check the pricing profile for the aircraft to make sure it is still active.
Make sure it's still checked to include the use to generate quotes for all companies in Avinode search. This setting is require to market the aircraft in Avinode.

Make sure the aircraft has not been removed from the pricing profile by you or a coworker.

What is the Best Way to Find an Aircraft for an ASAP Trip?

Avinode released a feature called Takeoff Ready to help buyers and sellers connect for ASAP trips.

All aircraft listed with the Takeoff Ready icon and filter means the operator has owner approval and crew for the next 96 hours.

Step 1: Go to the Search Tab and select aircraft.

Please note the flight needs to depart in the next 96 hours to be able to use the Takeoff ready feature.

Step 2. Select the Takeoff Ready filter in the search results.

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Even without using the filter you can see which aircraft are Takeoff Ready with the Takeoff Ready icon.

To only see aircraft that are Takeoff ready, you click to apply the filter.

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Step 4: Option to select aircraft with High Time Crew.

On the right-hand side of the search result, you see the symbol for weather the aircraft is "only" Takeoff ready, or if they are Takeoff Ready with highly qualified pilots as well.

Tip!! - If you mouse over the Takeoff Ready icon it will show the name of the person who verified this aircraft for Takeoff Ready.

Step 5: Send the request!

Overview

Use filters to modify your search results

Takeoff Ready

Seller Attributes

Partnership

Year of Make

Categories

Types

Sellers

Max Fuel Stops

Ambulance

Min. Safety

Amenities

Refurbished Year

Min. Insurance

Min. Safety

Certificate Issuing Country

Other

Overview

How does it work?

Avinode Search

Nautical Miles difference

Aircraft Efficiency

1. Send 10-15 requests per trip.

2. Send one trip request per Operator.

3. Select aircraft with minimal position time.

4. Source ASAP trips with Takeoff Ready.

5. Add a good message when sending the trip request.

1.Runway length too short.

2. There are other scheduled activities conflicting with the itinerary you searched for.

3. If your aircraft is located in the wrong place in the schedule your flight might have been ruled out due to too much ferry time compared to pax legs within a trip.4. Cabotage.

5. Did your AOC expire?

6. Have you made changes to your pricing profile recently?

Step 1: Go to the Search Tab and select aircraft.

Step 2. Select the Takeoff Ready filter in the search results.

Step 4: Option to select aircraft with High Time Crew.

Step 5: Send the request!

3. If your aircraft is located in the wrong place in the schedule your flight might have been ruled out due to too much ferry time compared to pax legs within a trip.

4. Cabotage.