Air Unlimited offers expanded charter service

A Central Florida-based air carrier is offering expanded charter services from Orlando Sanford International Airport after picking up additional certification from the Federal Aviation Administration.

With its new approval, known as 135 Commuter Status, Air Unlimited leaders plan to expand its eight-person staff with 10 more positions by the third quarter of the year.

“Being able to provide our guests with an elevated level of service is an achievement we are proud of,” said Charles Gregg, cofounder and principal of Air Unlimited. “Certification requires a great deal of careful reporting and enables us to offer passengers regulated trips on both our scheduled service and chartered flights.”

Air Unlimited is one of four companies to receive the federal certification in Florida, according to company leaders. That regulation applies to companies offering commuter and on-demand services. Without the regulation, a charter company is only permitted to fly to any pair of cities up to four times per week.

Air Unlimited initially offered scheduled flights between the region and two destinations in the Bahamas, Marsh Harbour and Treasure Cay. Scheduled flights to the Bahamas cost about $600 round trip per person.

Charter flights, where passengers purchase the entire plane, air time and flight services, cost between $1,100 and $2,200 an hour with Air Unlimited, depending on the plane booked. A minimum of two hours is required with each trip. Passengers can fly on planes with up to nine seats, with travelers dividing the cost of the flight.

Some of the new staff to be added will focus on the company’s organ-transportation services. The company regularly works with charter brokers to transport human organs between medical facilities or the teams part of the organ-harvesting process.

“These trips are often in the middle of the night,” Gregg said in a news release, “and are a part of our business we plan to aggressively grow this year.”