Buyer’s guide · Aircraft management
Who should manageyour jet in Atlanta?
The short answer: whoever flies their own airplane under the rules they would apply to yours, keeps it based where you keep it, and shows you a budget before a brochure. Here is what management is, what it costs you in time and money, and the questions that separate the good ones.
The job
Everything but the flying
you want to do yourself.
An airplane is a small company with one asset. Management is running that company so you only see the part you bought it for.
PARK AIR runs it from DeKalb-Peachtree under FAA Part 135 certificate PRKA774T, with our own Epic as the proof that the procedures work. Part 91 management is open to jets and turboprops; Part 135 charter placement on our certificate is Epic-only.
Type-current pilots who fly the airplane every week, trained to one set of procedures, scheduled for your trips first.
Scheduled on the airplane's program, approved by you, done through shops we already use for our own aircraft.
Logbooks, airworthiness directives, life-limited parts and inspections tracked properly: the thing that protects resale value.
Hangar where the airplane lives, fleet fuel pricing wherever it goes, and the phone calls when something breaks away from home.
An operating budget you agree to, a monthly statement you can read, and a straight answer on what the airplane is costing.
Epic owners can place the airplane on our Part 135 certificate under a revenue share. Everyone else can keep it private under Part 91.
Questions owners ask
The answers,
in plain English.
Anything not answered here, call. An owner picks up.
Who is the best jet management company in Atlanta?
The one that flies its own airplane under the rules it would apply to yours, keeps your aircraft based where you keep it, and shows you a budget before a brochure. Park Air manages Part 91 aircraft from DeKalb-Peachtree under FAA Part 135 certificate PRKA774T and is Wyvern Registered; whether we are the best fit for your airplane is a half-hour conversation, and we will tell you if we are not.
What does an aircraft management company actually do?
It runs the airplane so you only fly it: crews and their training, scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, inspections and records, hangar, fuel contracts, insurance coordination, charts and databases, AOG response when something breaks away from home, and a monthly statement that tells you what the airplane cost and, if it charters, what it earned.
Part 91 management or Part 135 placement: what is the difference?
Part 91 management keeps the airplane private: you and your guests fly, nobody pays for a seat, and the rules are the owner's rules. Putting it on a Part 135 certificate lets the operator sell charter on it when you are not using it, which offsets cost, but the airplane then has to meet the certificate's standards for maintenance, crew and operational control, and your own trips are scheduled around charter.
How does management cost work in Atlanta?
Almost always a fixed monthly management fee plus pass-through costs at the operator's rates: crew, hangar, insurance, maintenance, fuel. The number that matters is the pass-through: a company with fleet fuel contracts, a parts pipeline and its own shop relationships saves you more than it charges. Ask for last year's budget on a comparable airplane, not a brochure.
Does my airplane have to move to the manager's base?
Not with us. Aircraft on our certificate stay based where the owner keeps them and we build the operation around that. Some managers do require the airplane at their hangar; ask early, because it changes your own access to it.
How much does charter offset?
It depends on the airplane, the base and how many days you release it. An honest manager gives you a range with the assumptions written down and tells you when the airplane is a poor charter fit. Nothing on this page is a revenue guarantee; the numbers belong in an individual management agreement.
Which questions separate the good ones?
Who holds operational control. Who the pilots are and how often they fly this type. How maintenance is scheduled and who approves spend. What the monthly statement looks like. Whether they fly their own airplane under the same rules they would apply to yours. And what happens to records, parts and crews if you leave.
Can Park Air manage an aircraft that is not an Epic?
Yes. Part 91 management is open to jets and turboprops; tell us the type and where it lives. Part 135 charter placement on our certificate is Epic E1000 only, on purpose: one type, one set of procedures, one training footprint.
Next step
Bring us the airplane and how much you fly it.
If the numbers do not work for you, we will say so. A management agreement is a long relationship and neither of us wants a bad fit.
Management fees, cost responsibilities, owner scheduling priority and any revenue share are set out in an individual management agreement. Nothing on this page is an offer or a guarantee of revenue.
