Air Charter Aruba arranges flights for people in the fashion business who travel to and from Aruba, whether that is a team coming down for a photo shoot, a designer taking a break after the show season, or a buyer who has to leave the island for a fashion week on short notice.
Shoots and campaigns on the island
A photo or video shoot brings a lot more than people. Wardrobe rails, garment bags, lighting and camera cases take up a great deal of space, and on a smaller jet they compete with the seats. When you send us your dates, tell us how many people are traveling, how many pieces are coming and how they are packed. Your advisor will then match the aircraft to the whole load, so nothing has to be left behind at the departure airport.
Getting to the shows and back
The major fashion weeks are held in New York, London, Milan and Paris, and the people who work them often need to be in more than one city within a few days. If you are on vacation in Aruba when a show comes up, we can arrange a one-way flight north and another back down once the shows are over. For a trip from Aruba to Europe, your advisor will look at long-range jets.
Queen Beatrix International Airport is closed to private flights between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m., so a show that finishes late in New York may mean flying back to the island the following morning.
Garments, samples and customs
Every flight into Aruba clears Aruban customs and immigration on arrival. If you are bringing samples, a collection or production equipment for work, tell your advisor when you book, and we will let the operator know exactly what is on board before the flight. When the collection needs to travel separately from the team, our air cargo charters can move it on its own schedule.
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.
Aruba-Specific Patterns We Plan Around
Most Aruba trips start in the United States, and the island is busiest from Christmas through Easter, with Carnival season in January and February, so those dates book first. Queen Beatrix International in Oranjestad is the only airport, and it is closed to private flights between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m., so we plan arrival and departure times inside its hours. Every trip is international: the flight clears Aruban customs and immigration when it arrives, every passenger completes Aruba’s online ED card before traveling, and landing permission is arranged once the trip is booked. From South Florida the island is about a thousand nautical miles away and from the Northeast roughly 1,600 to 1,800, which decides whether a smaller jet needs a fuel stop. Aruba sits on the southern edge of the hurricane belt, but hurricane season runs from June 1st to November 30th, and a storm farther north can affect the flight down.
Contact
For a quote on a charter to Aruba, 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.